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Stan claims an inheritance left by his affluent uncle, significantly diminished by taxes and legal fees, leaving him cash-poor but with a dilapidated yacht and a private island in the South Seas. Stan and Ollie sail for the island alongside Antoine, a stateless refugee, and Giovanni Copini, an Italian stone mason hiding aboard the boat.
During the voyage, the engine fails. Ollie's attempts to repair it prove futile, due to Stan's inadvertent mishandling of the components. Forced to use the sail, the crew contends with a storm at sea, which strands the boat on an uncharted island. The four sailors cultivate the land and settle into a comfortable lifestyle.
An indefinite time passes, and nightclub singer Chérie Lamour is fleeing her possessive fiancé, navy lieutenant Jack Frazer. A sympathetic sailor offers to escort her ashore, but his suspicious wife casts her adrift at gunpoint, and Cherie heads for land - Laurel & Hardy's island. The four men are enchanted by Cherie, and she becomes their guest.
Stan and Ollie, still smarting from their heavy taxation, decide to establish their own government so that no other country can claim the island. Inspired by Robinson Crusoe, they call their island Crusoeland, and declare no laws, taxes, and immigration restrictions.
News of the new, wide-open country attracts hordes of people. The discovery of uranium results in global interest, culminating in a tumultuous revolt to displace the island's founders. The four male castaways are about to be hanged when another violent storm erupts, causing the new arrivals to flee the island.
Antoine goes back to France as a stateless person; Giovanni returns to Italy, where he builds fences. Cherie and Lt. Frazer finally get married in a quarrelsome ceremony. This leaves Stan and Ollie alone at last, enjoying the peace and quiet - until a government official and his crew confiscate our heroes' goods and provisions, citing non-payment of taxes. (Wikipedia)
Movie Info
Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Suzy Delair
Directed by: Léo Joannon, John Berry (uncredited)
Written by: John D. Klorer, Frederick Kohner, Piero Tellini, René Wheeler
Produced by: Raymond Eger
Cinematography: Armand Thirard
Edited by: Raymond Isnardon
Music by: Paul Misraki
Distributed by: Franco London Films, (France)
Release dates: 17 October 1951 (France), 25 October 1951 (Italy)
Running time: 100 minutes, 82 minutes (UK cut)
Countries: France, Italy
Languages: French, Italian, English
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