Hook and Ladder

1932
20m

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The gang, while playing firemen, come upon a real fire.The gang, while playing firemen, come upon a real fire.The gang, while playing firemen, come upon a real fire.

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7.6/10

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Sherwood Bailey

Spud
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)

Matthew 'Stymie' Beard

Stymie
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)

Dorothy DeBorba

Dorothy
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)

Kendall McComas

Breezy
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)

George 'Spanky' McFarland

Spanky
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)

Dickie Moore

Dickie
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)

Pete the Dog

Pete
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)

Buddy McDonald

Speck
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)

Harold 'Bouncy' Wertz

Bouncy
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)

Gene Morgan

Fireman

Don Sandstrom

Fire hazard bit

Harry Arras

Second fireman
(uncredited)

Director
- Robert F. McGowan
Writers
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Trivia
When the gang responds to the barn fire, they pass a house with a screen door that a woman appears in briefly. She was not part of the cast. She was the homeowner who accidentally got in the shot. You can see her quickly leave the shot, most likely from the urging of the director.

Quotes
Stymie: Why don't you send the little punk home?
Dickie: I can't. I have to give him his medicine oil.
Stymie: Medicine Oil? What's wrong with him?
Dickie: Worms.
Stymie: Worms? Brother, he'd be a great guy to take along fishing.

Connections
Edited into The Our Gang Story (1994)

Soundtracks
Good Old Days
(uncredited)
Music by Leroy Shield

Well worth seeing....just for the props!

This is an odd Our Gang comedy because instead of the kids, this particular one seems to star the people who made the wonderful props for this film. Seriously. This is one you just have to see to believe!

"Hook and Ladder" begins with a posting in the paper by the Fire Department. It seems they want assistance from the community. The kids take this to mean that they need to form their own volunteer fire house--and they do. It's filled with TONS of amazing props but the most interesting, by far, are the crazy fire engines they drive. Eventually, the boys actually happen upon a real fire--and they don't know it, but there is dynamite in the place! What's to happen next?

Overall, one of the better comedies for Our Gang. While the humor is okay, the props are just mega-cool and worth seeing.