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Jitterbugs(1943)
Status: Released
Date: 1943-06-05
59%
44 Votes
Time: 1h 15m
This is that movie about those people.
Overview:
The two-man Laurel and Hardy Zoot Suit Band find themselves fronting a scam for "gasolene pills" in wartime oil-short America. They are however soon on the side of the angels helping recover $10,000 for an attractive young lady whose family have themselves been swindled.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Jitterbugs
Top 8 Billed Cast
Stan Laurel
Stan
Oliver Hardy
Ollie
Vivian Blaine
Susan Cowan
Robert Bailey
Chester Wright (as Bob Bailey)
Douglas Fowley
Malcolm Bennett
Noel Madison
Tony Queen
Lee Patrick
Dorcas
Robert Emmett Keane
Henry Corcoran
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Overview
The two-man Laurel and Hardy Zoot Suit Band find themselves fronting a scam for "gasolene pills" in wartime oil-short America. They are however soon on the side of the angels helping recover $10,000 for an attractive young lady whose family have themselves been swindled.
Release Date
1943-06-05
Average
5.943
Rating:
3.0 startsTagline
This is that movie about those people.
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