bigverybadtom The story is based on a joke popular in that era-Oliver joins the French Foreign Legion to forget a girl he had fallen in love with but couldn't have (because she is married). He and Stan join the Legion, do some bumbling, and then learn that being in the French Foreign Legion doesn't pay much, so they elect to leave. Unfortunately they find they cannot, and are tried for desertion and sentenced to death. They try to fly away in a stolen airplane, though neither actually know how to pilot said plane.There are good bits-where Stan plays a set of bedsprings like a harp, and where they make their escape from confinement. But many of the other gags are hardly funny. Laurel and Hardy may have been the original "fat and thin man" comedy duo, but Art Carney and Jackie Gleason did a far better job.

ma-cortes Olli is broken heart when aware which Georgett(Jean Parker), a beautiful girl, is already married to officer Francois(Reginald Gardner). Oliver is depressed and attempts to commit suicide in river Seine, taking Stan Laurel with him. But the newspapers publicize : ¡ famous men-eating shark escapes, ferocious fish battles keeper in Paris Aquarium, believed at large in Seine, boaters, swimmers, Beware! . Later they enlist the French Foreign Legion commanded by a stiff commandant(Charles Middleton). Of course, the comic pair cause wreak havoc wherever they go . Their botchers lead them charges of desertion and condemned to death penalty. They're imprisoned but receive a letter in the jail saying the following : ¨ Lift up floor board and you'll find a tunnel which leads to the outer wall use your own judgement, a pal ¨. Hilarity ensues when they try to escape and avoid a firing squad.Zany comedy seeing the misfit couple in all kinds of troubles involving French Legion. This entertaining Laurel and Hardy recital provides too much amusement in detailing the duo's exploits in Foreign Legion . Lots of physical comedy and hilarious dialogue including some musical interlude . Furthermore sympathetic introduction of fantastic elements as when Oliver Hardy's reincarnation as a horse . Comical and spectacular final flying is one of the film's highlights. Based on screenplay and sketches written by the comic Harry Langdon, among others. ¨Flying deuces¨ is well directed by Edward Sutherland. He was producer, director , actor and one the original Keystone Kops. He began in films as an actor for Mack Sennett , turning filmmaker and usually worked for W. C. Fields.

kyle-cruse I love this Laurel and Hardy film. "The Flying Deuces" proves to be faster paced and less redundant than many of their other films. Not that I don't love Laurel and Hardy, but it's hard for me to find one of their feature films where I am completely entertained the whole way through. In this movie, Stan and Ollie join the foreign legion so Ollie can forget his girlfriend who has rejected him. Along the way, they get in trouble and end up being chased by the entire foreign legion. It's a typical L & H plot, but this one remains entertaining because of great gags such as the shark scene and of course the famous airplane crash at the end. Stan's dialogue is especially great in this film. I like their other features such as "Way Out West" and "Our Relations" but this is and has always been my favorite. Their shorts are better, but this is very enjoyable and worth watching multiple times.***1/2 out of ****

Neil Doyle This is a really slow-paced Laurel and Hardy comedy that would have been better served as a one-reel silent comedy. The material is too thin to sustain even the one hour and six minute length and most of the gags are too familiar to be really funny.The far-fetched plot has Oliver falling hard for waitress JEAN PARKER, not knowing that she's already married to military man REGINALD GARDINER. He's sympathetic at first, advising the boys to join the French Foreign Legion and get over the idea of suicide because Oliver's advances have been rejected.The script then fails to take full advantage of the Foreign Legion idea, just using a series of frantic escapes from authorities when they're designated deserters for refusing to work for 3 cents a day. Who could blame them? No such thing as inflation back then.Their final escape involves getting into an airplane neither one can fly with disastrous results. The twist at the end seems to have gotten negative responses from several commentators here, but I thought it was a clever idea. Too bad both JEAN PARKER and REGINALD GARDINER have very little to do.Typical example of the dialog: Oliver Hardy: "It's a nice pickle we're in. Shot at sunrise." Stan Laurel: "I hope it's cloudy." Trivia note: JAMES FINLAYSON as The Jailer looks so much like Franklin Pangborn, even similar in his facial expressions.