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Block-Heads (1938)

Block-Heads poster
Directed by
John G. Blystone
Genre
comedy film, war film, buddy film
Country
United States
Runtime
55 min
Rated
NR
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 149 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy reunite years after World War I when Stan emerges from a trench he has been guarding. The two friends get into a series of comedic mishaps as they try to resume their lives together.

comediclightheartednostalgicslapstickbuddywhimsicalplayfulbumbling

What happens

Block-Heads is a 1938 American comedy film directed by John G. Blystone and starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. It was produced by Hal Roach Studios for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film, a reworking of elements from the Laurel and Hardy shorts We Faw Down (1928) and Unaccustomed As We Are (1929), was Roach's final film for MGM. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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