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Liberty is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Leo McCarey released in USA on 26 january 1929 with Stan Laurel
Liberty (1929)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 26 january 1929
Length 20minutes
Directed by Leo McCarey
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Rating74%
Liberty (aka Criminals at Large) is a 1929 short comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy as escaped convicts who, while trying to change pants, wind up on a skyscraper in construction.
Synopsis
Stan and Ollie are prison escapees. In their haste to change into street clothes, they wind up wearing each other's pants. A cop chases them to a construction site, where they escape by riding an elevator to the top floor of an unfinished building. Atop the girders, 20 stories in the air, they finally switch trousers, contend with a crab that has found its way into Ollie's pants, and manage to nearly fall to their death a few dozen times.Actors
Stan Laurel
(Stan)
Oliver Hardy
(Ollie)
Tom Kennedy
(Construction Worker)
Sam Lufkin
(Getaway Driver)
James Finlayson
(Store keeper)
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