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Air Raid Wardens

  • 1943
  • Approved
  • 1h 7m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
1.3K
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Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in Air Raid Wardens (1943)
SlapstickComedy

Two bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi saboteurs bent on blowing up the local magnesium plant.Two bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi saboteurs bent on blowing up the local magnesium plant.Two bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi saboteurs bent on blowing up the local magnesium plant.

  • Director
    • Edward Sedgwick
  • Writers
    • Martin Rackin
    • Jack Jevne
    • Charley Rogers
  • Stars
    • Stan Laurel
    • Oliver Hardy
    • Edgar Kennedy
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    1.3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Edward Sedgwick
    • Writers
      • Martin Rackin
      • Jack Jevne
      • Charley Rogers
    • Stars
      • Stan Laurel
      • Oliver Hardy
      • Edgar Kennedy
    • 20User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Stan Laurel
    Stan Laurel
    • Stanley
    Oliver Hardy
    Oliver Hardy
    • Oliver Hardy
    Edgar Kennedy
    Edgar Kennedy
    • Joe Bledsoe
    Jacqueline White
    Jacqueline White
    • Peggy Parker
    Stephen McNally
    Stephen McNally
    • Dan Madison
    • (as Horace McNally)
    Nella Walker
    Nella Walker
    • Millicent Norton
    Donald Meek
    Donald Meek
    • Eustace Middling
    Henry O'Neill
    Henry O'Neill
    • Rittenhause
    Howard Freeman
    Howard Freeman
    • J.P. Norton
    Paul Stanton
    Paul Stanton
    • Captain Biddle
    Robert Emmett O'Connor
    Robert Emmett O'Connor
    • Charlie Beaugart
    • (as Robert Emmet O'Connor)
    William Tannen
    William Tannen
    • Joseph
    Russell Hicks
    Russell Hicks
    • Major Scanlon
    Philip Van Zandt
    Philip Van Zandt
    • Herman
    • (as Phil Van Zandt)
    Frederick Worlock
    Frederick Worlock
    • Otto
    • (as Frederic Worlock)
    Don Costello
    Don Costello
    • Heydrich
    Sam Ash
    Sam Ash
    • Air Raid Warden
    • (uncredited)
    King Baggot
    King Baggot
    • Townsman at Meeting
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Edward Sedgwick
    • Writers
      • Martin Rackin
      • Jack Jevne
      • Charley Rogers
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    • Trivia
      Supposedly, Civil Defense representatives were present as advisors during the filming to ensure none of the gags in the movie would cast a negative light on the efficiency of their organization.
    • Goofs
      The car they were driving as they drove off the road and hit a tree toward the end of the film had no tires or steel bands on the wooden spoke wheels of the car. It would have been very difficult to actually drive a car in that configuration.
    • Quotes

      Oliver: [inside the open car trunk] This is a job for the detectives.

      Stanley: Maybe we should turn 'em over to the FHA.

      Oliver: Yeah. Shhh!

      [they get out of the car trunk]

      Stanley: This must be the hide-in.

      Oliver: Hide-out! Come on.

    • Connections
      Edited into Myra Breckinridge (1970)

    User reviews20

    Featured review
    6/10

    Too serious for a Laurel & Hardy movie.

    This movie is too serious for the comical Laurel & Hardy that we are so accustomed to and love so much. The movie tries to give the movie depth with as a result that Laurel and Hardy are not given enough opportunities to show their silly antics. I consider this movie to be more of a WW II movie than a comedy.

    This movie is a real piece of American WW II propaganda. The boys give everything to get enlisted, so they can do their part for Uncle Sam during the war, against the Japanese. And Laurel & Hardy chasing and fighting Nazi-spies? Come on! That just doesn't feel right. The movie really is too serious for Laurel & Hardy standards. The movie tries to create a movie with a real story and even attempt to give it all some depth. But that's not what Laurel & Hardy should be about. We want to see some silly naive harmless fun. Yes, of course the movie does have its comical and slapstick moments but the combination of it with the serious undertone of the movie just doesn't feel right.

    It does provide a fairly good view of how the average American town coped with the ongoing war, so from an historical point of view this movie still is an interesting one to watch.

    No must-see for the Laurel & Hardy lovers but also not a completely unwatchable movie. It really does have its moments and it never gets dull. Too bad that it's brought all way too serious and because of this Laurel & Hardy are also never really given the opportunity to shine, like the way they used to.

    6/10

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    • Release date
      • April 1943 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Bombenkerle
    • Filming locations
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 7 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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