Do Detectives Think? (1927)
An escaped convict is out to kill the judge who sentenced him. Two inept detectives are hired to guard the judge.
- Date of release
- 1927-11-20
- TMDB
- 6.4 / 10 (36)
- Runtime
- 19m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Fred Guiol
Casting
- Stan Laurel — Ferdinand Finkleberry
- Oliver Hardy — Sherlock Pinkham
- James Finlayson — Judge Foozle (uncredited)
- Viola Richard — Mrs. Foozle (uncredited)
- Noah Young — The Tipton Slasher (uncredited)
- Frank Brownlee — Detective agency boss (uncredited)
- Chester A. Bachman — Officer (uncredited)
- Wilson Benge — Butler attacked by Slasher (uncredited)
- Will Stanton — Killer's pal (uncredited)
- Charley Young — Juror (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Do Detectives Think? or The Bodyguard is a 1927 silent comedy short film starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy prior to their official billing as the duo Laurel and Hardy.
Production notes
Do Detectives Think? is the first film to showcase Laurel and Hardy donning their iconic attire of crumpled suits and bowler hats, the typical outfit of detectives during that era.
It was later reworked into the sound short Going Bye-Bye! (1934), and the team's last American film The Bullfighters (1945), made at 20th Century Fox.
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