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Pack Up Your Troubles is a american film of genre War directed by Lloyd French released in USA on 17 september 1932 with Stan Laurel
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
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Add to a movie listPack Up Your Troubles is a 1932 Laurel and Hardy film directed by George Marshall and Raymond McCarey, named after the World War I song "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag, and Smile, Smile, Smile." It is the team's second feature-length picture.
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The film begins in 1917 with Stan (Stan Laurel) and Ollie (Oliver Hardy) being drafted into the American Expeditionary Force to fight in World War I. The two mess up badly during drilling, antagonizing the drill sergeant and wind up in kitchen duties. Misunderstanding the cook's instructions on disposing of the garbage cans results in dumping the garbage in the general's private dining room. While in prison, they are threatened by the cook (George Marshal), also jailed due to their "snitching", with violence, once he is out and has his knife again. While serving in the trenches of France, the pair befriend a man named Eddie Smith, who is killed in action by the Imperial German Army.In the same battle, the boys manage to capture several enemy soldiers, in a rather unusual way.Actors
Stan Laurel
(Stan)
Oliver Hardy
(Ollie)
James Finlayson
(General)
Richard Tucker
(Mr. Smith)
Don Dillaway
(Eddie Smith)
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