The Big Noise

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The Big Noise is a 1944 comedy film starring the iconic duo Laurel and Hardy as bumbling detectives tasked with protecting a valuable invention from enemy spies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
comedy film
film
basedOn original screenplay
cinematographyBy L. William O’Connell
linked to: L. W. O’Connell
countryOfOrigin United States
director Malcolm St. Clair
distributor 20th Century Fox
editedBy Norman Colbert
era Golden Age of Hollywood
featuresCharacter bumbling detectives
featuresGenre slapstick comedy
featuresTheme espionage
wartime sabotage
followsInCareerOf Jitterbugs
genre comedy
hasCastMember Arthur Space
Doris Merrick
Oliver Hardy
Robert Blake
Stan Laurel
Veda Ann Borg
hasNotableScene airplane sequence with Laurel and Hardy attempting to fly
train sequence involving the secret invention
musicBy David Raksin
notableFor late-period Laurel and Hardy feature for 20th Century Fox
originalLanguage English
partOfFilmographyOf Laurel and Hardy
plotSummary Laurel and Hardy play inept detectives hired to protect an inventor and his secret explosive device from enemy agents.
precedesInCareerOf Nothing But Trouble
producer Sol M. Wurtzel
productionCompany 20th Century Fox
releaseFormat black-and-white
releaseYear 1944
runtimeMinutes 72
screenwriter Malcolm St. Clair
Scott Darling
linked to: W. Scott Darling

Stan Laurel
setDuring World War II
stars Oliver Hardy
Stan Laurel
targetAudience family
title The Big Noise

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Clarence Kolb notableWork The Big Noise
Charles Reisner notableWork The Big Noise
Charles Reisner directed The Big Noise
The Big Noise (1944 film) hasTitle The Big Noise
The Big Noise title The Big Noise
Barbara Pepper notableWork The Big Noise