Beau Hunks

original title:
Beau Hunks
other titles:
(Stan und Oli im Krieg), Beau Chumps
country / year of production:
USA / 1931
original length:
37 min. , black/white
premiere:
12 December 1931
genre:
Comedy
based on:
director:
James Horner
film script:
producer:
cinematographer:
Jack Stevens
editor:
Richard C. Currier
composer:
Leroy Shield
cast (role):
Stan Laurel (Stanley) , Oliver Hardy (Oliver) , James W. Horne (Abdul Kasim K'Horne) , (Kommandant) , Broderick O'Farrell (Ft. Arid Commander) , Stan Laurel , Oliver Hardy , James W. Horne , Broderick O'Farrell
more:
Jean Harlow (Jeenie-Weenie (in photo/uncredited)) , Jean Harlow
plot synopsis:
Jilted by his girl friend Jeenie-Weenie, Oliver joins the Foreign legion to forget, bringing Stanley along with him. They wilt under the scorching desert sun and under the harsh discipline of the commandant. On a long march to reinforce remote Fort Arid, the boys get lost in the sands, finally reaching the Fort only to find it besieged by the fearsome Riffs.
keywords:
short / one-reeler , foreign legion , volunteers , women during wartime
war:
fictious war
literature:
remarks:
Feature in: The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy (USA 1967).
"Beau Hunks" is a parody of the sucessful foreign legion movie "Beau Geste".
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