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Genre
  
Comedy, Romance, War

Season number
  
9

Air date
  
October 10, 1941

Duration
  

Language
  
English

6.2/10
IMDb

Director
  
Show
  
Episode number
  
1

Previous episode
  
Block-Heads

Country
  
United States

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Release date
  
October 10, 1941 (1941-10-10)

Writer
  
Lou Breslow (original screenplay)

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Tagline
  
THEY'RE BACK AGAIN...in the most hilarious comedy of their career!

Great Guns is a 1941 film directed by Monty Banks, and produced by Sol M. Wurtzel for 20th Century Fox starring Laurel and Hardy. It is also known as Forward March.

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Plot

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The young, spoiled but feeble Daniel Forrester IV (Dick Nelson), a very rich eligible bachelor, gets his draft notice from the US Army and is beside himself with joy, because now he has a chance to prove he does not have the weak constitution his aunts Martha (Mae Marsh) and Agatha (Ethel Griffies) believe him to have. Daniel performs well at his army physical and is enrolled in the army soon afterward.

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To look after Daniel during his service, his chauffeur Ollie (Oliver Hardy) and gardener Stan (Stan Laurel) join the army at the same time. They all go to basic military training at legendary Fort Merritt in Texas. Daniel finds the army to his liking, performing excellently at the exercises, but Stan and Ollie are less happy with their new duties. Their drill sergeant, Hippo (Edmund MacDonald), considers Stan and Ollie to be lazy, and their antics drive the sergeant crazy. Stan's pet crow Penelope is a constant source of irritation to the sergeant. But what irritates Hippo most is that the fort's photo developer, Ginger Hammond (Sheila Ryan), takes a special interest in Daniel. The sergeant, who has tried to catch Ginger's heart himself for quite some time, becomes jealous of Daniel. Daniel confesses his love for her in his sleep, while Stan and Ollie listen in. They do not want Daniel to pursue Ginger, since they are not certain that his health will cope with the strain of a romantic involvement.

Stan and Ollie worry that a such relationship between the two will kill their employer, so posing as businessmen, they pay Ginger a visit at home and try to deflect her by telling her that Daniel is broke and not the catch she believes he is. She recognizes them and throws them out of her apartment. Hippo also tries to break up the loving couple by cancelling Daniel's night leave and making him a prisoner in the guard room instead.

Stan and Ollie get into trouble when they are captured by the opposing team in a military exercise. When Daniel hears about their unfortunate situation, he escapes his lock-up and uses Penelope to find Stan. Penelope helps find Stan, and the team that Stan and Ollie belong to win the maneuver. Daniel and his employees become heroes, and Daniel and Ginger become a couple. Penelope gets her own bird-size uniform and all the boys participate in a military parade together, while the aunts and Ginger watch.

Cast

  • Stan Laurel as Stan
  • Oliver Hardy as Ollie
  • Sheila Ryan as Ginger Hammond
  • Dick Nelson as Dan Forrester
  • Edmund MacDonald as Sgt. Hippo
  • Charles Trowbridge as Colonel Ridley
  • Ludwig Stössel as Dr. Schickel (as Ludwig Stossel)
  • Kane Richmond as Captain Baker
  • Mae Marsh as Aunt Martha
  • Ethel Griffies as Aunt Agatha
  • Paul Harvey as General Taylor
  • Charles Arnt as Doctor
  • Pierre Watkin as Colonel Wayburn
  • Russell Hicks as General Burns
  • Irving Bacon as Postman
  • References

    Great Guns Wikipedia
    Great Guns IMDbGreat Guns Rotten TomatoesGreat Guns themoviedb.org


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