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Released
1931 · FILM

Be Big!

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Runtime
28 min
Comedy

Synopsis

Stan and Ollie are traveling to Atlantic City with their wives when Ollie receives a phone call from a lodge buddy informing him of a stag party being held in their honor that night. Ollie pretends to be ill and tells the wives to continue on ahead, promising that he and Stan will join them the next morning. The pair dress in their lodge attire, but the wives return unexpectedly after missing their train. With no clear way to escape, Stan and Ollie hide in a bed. When Stan asks, "What'll I do?", Ollie responds, "Be big!"

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Principal cast & crew: 16

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This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Richard C CurrierShot by Art Lloyd

Also known as

  • Die Qual mit den Stiefelnde
  • Drôles de bottesfr
  • La bugiait

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