The sudden arrival of long lost twins creates a crisis for the clumsy but staid Laurel and Hardy that creates instant war in their marriages. Their brothers are irresponsible seamen whose inability to pay a restaurant check results in trouble for their twins when they show up at the same restaurant. The presence of the two young opportunistic females whom the other brothers wined and dined is issue enough, but when seaman James Finlayson shows up with an incriminating picture, the situation gets out of hand. It's only a matter of time before the wives encounter the twins, and more confusion explodes.
Finlayson, with thick Scottish accent, is hysterical, while Alan Hale Sr. gets to take on the Edgar Kennedy slow burn as the restaurant owner. Arthur Housman adds more fun as a drunk who instantly considers sobriety when he begins seeing seeing double of everybody. Diminutive Daphne Pollard, a comic genius in her own right, is hysterical as Oliver's hot-headed wife, while Betty Brown is perfectly cast as Laurel's equally nitwit wife. Some of the gags are taken out of their classic shorts, but make sense in the context of an expanded storyline. Zany comedy rarely gets better than this.
Finlayson, with thick Scottish accent, is hysterical, while Alan Hale Sr. gets to take on the Edgar Kennedy slow burn as the restaurant owner. Arthur Housman adds more fun as a drunk who instantly considers sobriety when he begins seeing seeing double of everybody. Diminutive Daphne Pollard, a comic genius in her own right, is hysterical as Oliver's hot-headed wife, while Betty Brown is perfectly cast as Laurel's equally nitwit wife. Some of the gags are taken out of their classic shorts, but make sense in the context of an expanded storyline. Zany comedy rarely gets better than this.