Laurel and Hardy really hit their stride with "Do Detectives Think?" It was released in 1927 and contains some classic visual comedy. Stan and Ollie play two detectives who are assigned to protect a judge who has been threatened by an escaped convict. James Finlayson and Noah Young are on top form as the judge and convict. The latter is positively creepy as he stalks his victim in the judge's home. Laurel and Hardy show they are just as frightened of the convict as everyone else!! After they both lose and retrieve their bowler hats in hilarious fashion by a graveyard, Stan and Ollie head to Judge Finlayson's house where Young is in disguise as the new butler. I can't stop laughing every time I see Laurel and Hardy seek out the convict and trying to look tough! The comedy is brilliantly done, as is the timing.
Review of Do Detectives Think?
