Summaries

Laurel and Hardy, rat trap salesmen who are unable to do business in Switzerland, having no money to pay for lunch end up working for the hotel where a composer, who has run away from his wife, has taken refuge.

Stanley and Oliver are mousetrap salesmen hoping to strike it rich in Switzerland, but get swindled out of all their money by a cheesemaker. While working off their hotel debt, Oliver falls in love with a chambermaid, Anna, who in reality is a famous opera singer spying on her composer husband, Victor, while he works on his new opera. The boys are assigned to move Victor's piano to a secluded tree house, but become trapped on a rickety rope bridge high above an Alpine gorge when they're met halfway across by a gorilla.—Paul Penna <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • dysfunctional marriage
  • romantic rivalry
  • manipulative female
  • female sexual predator
  • mousetrap salesmen
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Musical
Release date May 19, 1938
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Approved
Countries of origin United States
Official sites Official Site
Language English
Filming locations Big Bear Lake, Big Bear Valley, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA
Production companies Hal Roach Studios

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 11m
Color Black and White
Aspect ratio 1.33 : 1

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