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Busy Bodies
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Title: Busy Bodies

Release Date: 7 Oct 1933

Runtime: 19m

Genre: Comedy

Director: Hal Roach Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Companies: Hal Roach Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Overview: In this short film, Laurel and Hardy wage battle with inanimate objects, their co-workers, and the laws of physics during a routine work day at a sawmill.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.319 (83 votes)

Cast

  • Stan: Stan Laurel
  • Ollie: Oliver Hardy
  • Shoveler (uncredited): Dick Gilbert
  • Shop Worker (uncredited): Charlie Hall
  • Shop Worker (uncredited): Jack Hill
  • Shop Foreman (uncredited): Tiny Sandford
  • Shop Worker (uncredited): Charley Young
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