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Air Raid Wardens

1943 · 67 min

A breezy, silly caper full of slapstick mishaps and gentle wartime patriotism, easy to enjoy without thinking.

Directed by
Edward Sedgwick
Genres
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Starring
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy
Tagline
70 Minutes Of Happiness and Hi-Jinks!
Overview
Two bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi saboteurs bent on blowing up the local magnesium plant.

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Directed by
Edward Sedgwick
Genres
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Starring
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy
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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 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
  • war
  • friendship
  • crime
  • deception
  • loyalty
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour8
Realism4
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

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Genres
action, adventure, comedy, war
Directed by
Edward Sedgwick
Written by
Jack Jevne, Martin Rackin, Charley Rogers, Harry Crane
Starring
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Jacqueline White, Stephen McNally, Nella Walker, Donald Meek, Henry O'Neill
Runtime
67 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Italian

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