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Pardon Us Overview:

Pardon Us (1931) was a Comedy - Crime Film directed by James Parrott and produced by Hal Roach.

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Pardon Us Quotes:

Schoolteacher: Now, what is a comet? You!
Prisoner: A comet. A comet is a star with a tale on it.
Schoolteacher: Correct.
[points to Stan]
Schoolteacher: Name one.
Stanley: Rin Tin Tin.
Schoolteacher: D'oh!

Stanley: [they are wearing blackface] Oliver, er, Sambo!

The Tiger: Ha ha, hey, you and me is gonna be good pals.
Stanley: Thank you.
[tooth buzzes]
The Tiger: Hey, I heard you the first time. Now don't take advantage of my good humor. But if you do...
[starts to strangle Stan]

Oliver: When are you going to get that tooth fixed? Every time you speak you make a funny noise. It sounds like a pipe organ.

Insurgent Convict: Hey! Hey! Hey! What are you doing there? Keep off of my head!
Oliver: Pardon me, I'm a stranger here.
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Pardon Us Facts
Four foreign language versions were also shot: Sous les verrous (French), Hinter Schloss und Riegel (German), Muraglie (Italian) and Los presidiarios or "De Bote en Bote" (Spanish) . Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy spoke their lines phonetically, and many supporting roles were recast, including Boris Karloff playing "The Tiger" in the French version.

James Parrott:  Marching next to Oliver Hardy after his recapture.

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy's first feature-length film. Producer Hal Roach had wanted to use some of the sets left over from MGM's big-budget prison picture The Big House to do a prison-movie spoof, but discovered that it would be too expensive to make as a short subject.

Stan and Ollie spent a lot of time in jail. In addition to this film, they were jailbirds in "The Second Hundred Years", "Hoosegow", and "Flying Deuces".

Hal Roach:  Marching in front of Oliver Hardy after his recapture.

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