Do Detectives Think?
- 1927
- 19m
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6.8/10
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An escaped convict is out to kill the judge who sentenced him. Two inept detectives are hired to guard the judge.An escaped convict is out to kill the judge who sentenced him. Two inept detectives are hired to guard the judge.An escaped convict is out to kill the judge who sentenced him. Two inept detectives are hired to guard the judge.
Chester A. Bachman
- Officer
- (uncredited)
Wilson Benge
- Butler attacked by Slasher
- (uncredited)
Ed Brandenburg
- Courtroom spectator
- (uncredited)
Frank Brownlee
- Detective agency boss
- (uncredited)
James Finlayson
- Judge Foozle
- (uncredited)
Viola Richard
- Mrs. Foozle
- (uncredited)
Will Stanton
- Killer's pal
- (uncredited)
Charley Young
- Juror
- (uncredited)
Noah Young
- The Tipton Slasher
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThis was the first film in which Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy wore what were to become their trademark derbies and customary suits.
- GoofsWhen Ollie loses his hat in the cemetery, there are two hats lying on the ground before Stan loses his.
- Quotes
Title Card: Judge Foozle had charged the jury - - He always charged everything -...
- Alternate versionsThere is an Italian edition of this film on DVD, distributed by DNA srl, "STANLIO E OLLIO - COMICHE INDIMENTICABILI: The Second 100 Years + Call of the Cuckoo + Sugar Daddies + Do Detectives Think? (1927)" (4 Films on a single DVD), re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy (1967)
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Pretty good, but a step below average for the team
The film begins with a judge (played by perennial Laurel and Hardy supporting player, James Finlayson) sentencing a mad killer to death. However, the maniac escapes and vows revenge on the judge. Wisely, the judge hires some private detectives to protect him--but unfortunately it's Stan and Ollie! They spend much of the film trying to nab the killer or running to avoid his enormous knife.
1927 was a very busy year for Laurel and Hardy--having made about a dozen films together. Up until the end of 1927, they were still not officially a team and their roles and chemistry seem very odd in these films compared to later Laurel and Hardy films. While DO DETECTIVES THINK? is much closer to the Stan and Ollie style than the previous films, the boys still aren't what many might expect. First, Stan is the smarter of the two, and second, the film is much more like a traditional slapstick film. Instead of friendship binding them, Ollie shoves and slaps Stan again and again as the film tries harder to get cheap laughs than to build chemistry. As a result, when the going gets tough, it's "every man for himself"--an attitude that you wouldn't have seen so strongly in later films. Still, it is very watchable and funny--too bad it lacks the chemistry that later made them so lovable. A good but not great early effort.
1927 was a very busy year for Laurel and Hardy--having made about a dozen films together. Up until the end of 1927, they were still not officially a team and their roles and chemistry seem very odd in these films compared to later Laurel and Hardy films. While DO DETECTIVES THINK? is much closer to the Stan and Ollie style than the previous films, the boys still aren't what many might expect. First, Stan is the smarter of the two, and second, the film is much more like a traditional slapstick film. Instead of friendship binding them, Ollie shoves and slaps Stan again and again as the film tries harder to get cheap laughs than to build chemistry. As a result, when the going gets tough, it's "every man for himself"--an attitude that you wouldn't have seen so strongly in later films. Still, it is very watchable and funny--too bad it lacks the chemistry that later made them so lovable. A good but not great early effort.
- planktonrules
- May 5, 2008
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- Dick und Doof: Das Fleischermesser an der Gurgel
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- Runtime19 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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