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Two Tars

1928 · 21 min

A giddy silent slapstick romp where a petty traffic spat snowballs into gleeful, escalating mayhem you can watch without thinking.

Overview
Two sailors on shore leave rent a car and go on a drive with their dates, but soon get involved in a huge traffic jam with dozens of ill-tempered motorists. A minor collision sets off an escalating series of retaliations.

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • crime
Places
  • big city
  • road trip
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror0
Humour9
Realism4
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight1

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
James Parrott
Starring
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Thelma Hill, Ruby Blaine, Charlie Hall
Runtime
21 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
No Language

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