Great Guns
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This article is about the 1941 film by Monty Banks. For the 1927 animated cartoon by Walt Disney, see Great Guns!.
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| Directed by | Monty Banks |
| Produced by | Sol M. Wurtzel |
| Written by | Lou Breslow |
| Starring | Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Sheila Ryan Dick Nelson Edmund MacDonald |
| Music by | David Buttolph |
| Cinematography | Glen MacWilliams |
| Editing by | Alfred DeGaetano |
| Distributed by | Laurel and Hardy Feature Productions |
| Release date(s) | October 10, 1941 |
| Running time | 70 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Great Guns is a 1941 film directed by Monty Banks, and produced by Sol M. Wurtzel for 20th Century Fox starring Laurel and Hardy.
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[edit] Plot
Pampered and sickly young millionaire Dan Forrester (Dick Nelson) joins the army, helped and hindered by his gardener Stan Laurel and his chauffeur Oliver Hardy. While there, he falls in love with a woman, Ginger Hammond (Sheila Ryan), who runs a photography store, but is equally the attraction of Forrester's commanding officer, Sgt. Hippo (Edmund MacDonald).
Laurel and Hardy emerge triumphant after some mock war maneuvers.[1]
[edit] Trivia
- The first of Laurel and Hardy's post-Hal Roach features, Great Guns is generally regarded as the start of the team's decline, since they were given unsuitable, out-of-character scripts to work with, and very little artistic freedom behind the camera. At Hal Roach Studios, Stan Laurel looked on such creativity behind as well as in front of the camera as routine, but Twentieth Century Fox did not allow such luxuries.
- Future film star Alan Ladd appears briefly as a photo store customer; he however does not share any scenes with Laurel and Hardy.
[edit] Cast
- Stan Laurel as Stan
- Oliver Hardy as Ollie
- Sheila Ryan as Ginger Hammond
- Dick Nelson as Dan Forrester
- Edmund MacDonald as Sgt. Hippo
- Charles Trowbridge as Colonel Ridley
- Ludwig Stössel as Dr. Schickel (as Ludwig Stossel)
- Kane Richmond as Captain Baker
- Mae Marsh as Aunt Martha
- Ethel Griffies as Aunt Agatha
- Paul Harvey as General Taylor
- Charles Arnt as Doctor
- Pierre Watkin as Colonel Wayburn
- Russell Hicks as General Burns
- Irving Bacon as Postman
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Great Guns at the Internet Movie Database
- Great Guns at the TCM Movie Database
- Great Guns at AllRovi
- Great Guns at Rotten Tomatoes
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