The Big Noise
Sep 22 1944
•1h 14m
•Comedy
During World War II Stan and Ollie find themselves as improbable bodyguards to an eccentric inventor and his strategically important new bomb.
Cast
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Stan Laurel
Stan
Oliver Hardy
Ollie
Doris Merrick
Evelyn
Arthur Space
Alva P. Hartley
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