Laurel & Hardy in one of their funniest pictures! The Flying Deuces finds the iconic duo sweet-talked into enlisting in the French Foreign Legion while on vacation to Paris. Hilarious havoc & wild hijinks ensue when Stan & Ollie are shipped off to Morocco and create a comedic maelstrom when they attempt to leave.
Directed by A. Edward Sunderland, The Flying Deuces remains one of Laurel & Hardy’s funniest later pictures. Jilted Ollie is suicidal when his romance ends on their Paris vacation, with Stan perfectly willing to join him jumping in the river. Just before they leap, they’re interrupted by a French Foreign Legionnaire who sweet talks them into enlisting as the perfect remedy for a broken heart. Thinking they’ll only have to stay until Ollie recovers his joie de vivre, they’re rudely awakened when they attempt to leave. Complicating matters, Ollie’s former lover happens to be married to the officer who advised them to sign up.
“This final sequence, which is but a repetition of a Keystone runaway chase, is the funniest in the picture…” – Frank S. Nugent, The New York Times
