Liberty (1929)
- Directed by
- Leo McCarey
- Genre
- comedy film, silent film, buddy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 20 min
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 62 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
Two men break out of jail and change into stolen clothes. They have trouble swapping trousers because a crab gets inside one pair of pants. Their problems continue when they scramble to the top of an unfinished building.
comedicslapstickfarcicallightheartedchaoticfast-pacedescapistabsurd
What happens
Liberty is a synchronized sound short subject film, directed by Leo McCarey and starring comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized orchestral musical score with sound effects. It was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on January 26, 1929. In the film, two men escape from prison and quickly swap their prison attire for street clothes. Later, they attempt to exchange trousers behind a seafood shop. One of them harbors a crab from the shop in his new pants. When their flight causes to ascend to the top floor of an unfinished building, they continue to have problems with the persistent crab. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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