Top Billed Cast
Stan Laurel
Stan
Oliver Hardy
Ollie
Richard Carle
Professor
Charley Rogers
Ledoux - the Butler (as Charlie Rogers)
Chester A. Bachman
2nd Policeman (uncredited)
Leo Sulky
Detective On Telephone (uncredited)
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Review 1DiscussionA review by John Chard
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Written by John Chard on Thu Sep 03 2015
They buried somebody too soon!
Starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Habeas Corpus is directed by James Parrott and photographed by Len Powers. Plot finds Stan and Ollie as a couple of drifters short of cash who agree to do a bit of grave robbing to earn themselves $500, courtesy of the mad professor Padilla (Richard Carle). But the cemetery at night is not a fun place to be...
Not so much Burke & Hare, more like Berk & Berk!
Not a prime short from the boys but lots to enjoy. The frenetic organ swirls as Stan & Ollie prat about down at the cemetery. After the tone is set via a fun esc...
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Keywords
- cemetery
- black and white
- silent film
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