The Flying Deuces

Notwithstanding a script co-written by silent star Harry Langdon and direction by comedy specialist A Edward Sutherland, this is one of the weaker Laurel and Hardy pictures. Mostly pilfered from the four-reeler Beau Hunks and the feature Bonnie Scotland, the comic material is simply spread too thinly for the film's length and time hangs heavily between the Paris opening, the pair's jaunty dance on arrival at the Foreign Legion fort and the careering plane finale. The boys make the best of what is available and there is always James Finlayson squinting and double-taking for all he's worth, but the disappointment for fans is painful.