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Habeas Corpus is a 1928 short comedy silent film starring Laurel and Hardy as grave-robbers hired by a mad scientist. It was shot in July 1928 and released by M-G-M on December 1. Although technically a silent film—having intertitles and no synchronized dialogue—it was the inaugural Roach film released with a synchronized music and sounds effects track for theatres wired for sound. The Victor sound discs were long thought lost until a lone set surfaced in the 1990s and was reunited with the film elements.
Original Release
12/01/1928
US Release
12/01/1928
Cast
Name | Character |
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Stan Laurel | Stan |
Oliver Hardy | Ollie |
Richard Carle | Professor Padilla / Professor |
Charley Rogers | Ledoux - the Butler (as Charlie Rogers) / Ledoux - the Butler |
Harry Wilde | Cemetary Watchman |
Chester A. Bachman | 2nd Policeman |
Leo Sulky | Detective On Telephone |
Directors
Writers
Leo McCarey, H.M. Walker, Stan Laurel, Charley Rogers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Stan Laurel | Stan |
Oliver Hardy | Ollie |
Richard Carle | Professor Padilla / Professor |
Charley Rogers | Ledoux - the Butler (as Charlie Rogers) / Ledoux - the Butler |
Harry Wilde | Cemetary Watchman |
Chester A. Bachman | 2nd Policeman |
Leo Sulky | Detective On Telephone |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Hal Roach | Producer |