Fish market workers Stan and Ollie are persuaded by a sea captain to shanghai a crew for him at the local bar for a dollar a head. Successful at first, the boys end up getting themselves shanghaied, and the crew vow revenge.
Acting
Laurel and Hardy's silent-film timing in sound era.
Practical Effects
Pre-code brawls with real furniture destruction.
Director
Charley Rogers
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Walter Long, who plays the captain, was a silent-film heavy famous for nearly killing Buster Keaton in Steamboat Bill Jr.
'Shanghaiing' was real 19th-century practice; this short treats maritime kidnapping as slapstick, typical of Depression-era escapism.
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