Two idiots, one diamond, infinite cans of pork-and-beans. What could go wrong?
Harry Langdon and Charley Rogers star in this 1941 Monogram comedy, about two bumbling brothers who take jobs at a New York food cannery and accidentally lose a valuable diamond inside a can of pork-and-beans.
Acting
Langdon's baby-faced pathos beneath forced pratfalls
Production
Monogram's legendary cheapness: one cannery set, infinite plot
Director
William West
Harry Langdon
Albert "Bert" Prattle
Charley Rogers
Alfred "Alf" Prattle
Cathy Lewis
Peggy Whitmore
Dave O'Brien
Sparky Barton
Mira McKinney
Mrs. Whitmore
Benny Rubin
Cafe cook
Wheeler Oakman
Kimble
Louise Currie
Miss Mink
Richard Alexander
Seaman
Ruth Hiatt
Blonde Assembly Line Worker
Eddie Kane
Carney
Fred Santley
Art Director
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Monogram Pictures churned out 50+ films yearly; this was shot in under a week for $15,000.
Langdon, once Chaplin's rival, ended his career in poverty-row programmers like this—a cautionary tale about artistic control.
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