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Do Detectives Think?
Comedy, Silent
A judge sentences a dangerous criminal, the Tipton Slasher, to death .When the Slasher escapes, the judge hires Laurel and Hardy, two clumsy detectives, for protection.
Movie Info
Directed by: Fred Guiol
Written by: Hal Roach, H.M. Walker (titles)
Produced by: Hal Roach
Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
Distributed by: Pathé Exchange
Release date: November 20, 1927
Running time: 22 minutes
Country: United States
Languages: Silent film, English intertitles
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