Stan Laurel's first shot at producing eventually becomes a truly enjoyable experience, and one that is certainly more fun than William Shakespeare's Comedy Of Errors, from which this film obviously takes its cue.
Here fans of the dynamic duo get double value as the boys play twin brothers with naturally mirthful results. Stan & Ollie are mischievous sailors on shore leave who are entrusted with the safe delivery of a diamond ring, knowing their personal penchants for blowing all their cash they have left their cash with Captain Toler under strict orders not to let them have it until they are at sail again. It just so happens that the town they are visiting is also the place that their twin brothers {Alfie & Bert} live as henpecked but happy husbands, they may look the same but each respective set of twins are polar opposites in how they live their lives.
The plot takes all four men and hurtles them into scenario after scenario of confusion with great results, the spouses, the villains, the captain, the drunk {a wonderful Arthur Houseman}, and a number of fun characters all get mixed up in the confusion. The film is slow for the first part because we are introduced to a number of characters, but it's really just a question of time before it all comes together, and it certainly does. If you aren't holding in your sides come the wharf finale then you have had a sense of humour bypass !, 9/10.
Here fans of the dynamic duo get double value as the boys play twin brothers with naturally mirthful results. Stan & Ollie are mischievous sailors on shore leave who are entrusted with the safe delivery of a diamond ring, knowing their personal penchants for blowing all their cash they have left their cash with Captain Toler under strict orders not to let them have it until they are at sail again. It just so happens that the town they are visiting is also the place that their twin brothers {Alfie & Bert} live as henpecked but happy husbands, they may look the same but each respective set of twins are polar opposites in how they live their lives.
The plot takes all four men and hurtles them into scenario after scenario of confusion with great results, the spouses, the villains, the captain, the drunk {a wonderful Arthur Houseman}, and a number of fun characters all get mixed up in the confusion. The film is slow for the first part because we are introduced to a number of characters, but it's really just a question of time before it all comes together, and it certainly does. If you aren't holding in your sides come the wharf finale then you have had a sense of humour bypass !, 9/10.