Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Harry Lachman | 
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| Writer: | Charley Rogers, W.W. Jacobs, Jack Jevne | 
| Staring: | 
| Two sailors get caught in a mountain of mix-ups when they meet their long-lost twins. Laurel and Hardy play themselves and their twins. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 15, 1936 | 
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| Director: | Harry Lachman | 
| Writer: | Charley Rogers, W.W. Jacobs, Jack Jevne | 
| Genres: | Comedy | 
| Keywords | letter, twin brother, mistaken identity, black and white, twins, sailor, doppelgänger, pawnshop, mix-up, drunkenness, beer garden, 1930s | 
| Production Companies | Hal Roach Studios | 
| Box Office | 
              
                Revenue: $0
                Budget: $400,000  | 
      
| Updates | 
          Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024  | 
      
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Stan Laurel | Stan / Alf Laurel | 
| Oliver Hardy | Ollie / Bert Hardy | 
| Betty Brown | Mrs. Betty Laurel | 
| Daphne Pollard | Mrs. Daphne Hardy | 
| Alan Hale | Joe Grogan | 
| Sidney Toler | Captain of SS Periwinkle | 
| James Finlayson | Finn | 
| Iris Adrian | Alice | 
| Lona Andre | Lily | 
| Ralf Harolde | Gangster Boss | 
| Noel Madison | Second Gangster at Pirate's Club | 
| Arthur Housman | Drunk | 
| Virginia Grey | Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited) | 
| Charlie Hall | Man in Pawnshop (uncredited) | 
| James C. Morton | Bartender at Denker's Beer Garden (uncredited) | 
| Tiny Sandford | Wharf tough guy (uncredited) | 
| Edna Smith | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) | 
| Rosemary Theby | Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited) | 
| Joe Gilbert | Pirates Club Patron (uncredited) | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Charley Rogers | Adaptation | 
| Rudolph Maté | Director of Photography | 
| Harry Lachman | Director | 
| Richard Connell | Screenstory | 
| L.A. French | Production Supervisor | 
| Bert Jordan | Editor | 
| Leroy Shield | Music Director | 
| W.W. Jacobs | Story | 
| Felix Adler | Screenstory | 
| Jack Jevne | Adaptation | 
| Roy Seawright | Visual Effects | 
| William Randall Sr. | Sound | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Stan Laurel | Producer | 
| Organization | Category | Person | 
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min | 
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| 2024 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 
| 2024 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 
| 2024 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 4 | 
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| 2024 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 
| 2024 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 
| 2024 | 12 | 8 | 26 | 4 | 
| 2025 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 
| 2025 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 
| 2025 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg | 
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| 2025 | 4 | 855 | 855 | 
| Year | Month | High | Avg | 
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| 2024 | 12 | 816 | 893 | 
| Year | Month | High | Avg | 
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| 2024 | 10 | 525 | 767 | 
Highly enjoyable, and shows Laurel and Hardy's strengths as actors, as you see the infinitesimal differences the two put into each of their 'good' and 'bad' twin-brother performances. Recommended, especially to fans of the duo or of older comedic films in general. ...