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Released
1939 · FILM

The Flying Deuces

They dish out the dizziest rib-ride of the year!

Runtime
69 min
ComedyFamilyWar
Streaming on
  • Prime Video

Synopsis

Ollie falls in love with a woman, only to discover she is already married. Devastated, he attempts suicide but fails. He and Stan then decide to join the Foreign Legion in an effort to escape their troubles. Shortly after, they are arrested for attempting to desert the Legion, but manage to evade a firing squad by stealing an aircraft.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 20

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

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 Jack DennisShot by Art LloydScored by John Leipold

Also known as

  • Dick und Doof in der Fremdenlegionde
  • Fliegende Teufelsbrüderde
  • Laurel & Hardy - Fliegende Teufelsbrüderde
  • Flying Deucesen
  • Los locos del airees
  • Laurel et Hardy conscritsfr
  • I diavoli volantiit

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