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Busy Bodies(1933)
Status: Released
Date: 1933-10-07
73%
84 Votes
Time: 0h 19m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Hal Roach Studios
Movie: Busy Bodies
Top 7 Billed Cast
Stan Laurel
Stan
Oliver Hardy
Ollie
Dick Gilbert
Shoveler (uncredited)
Charlie Hall
Shop Worker (uncredited)
Tiny Sandford
Shop Foreman (uncredited)
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