Air Raid Wardens

1943
U
1h 7m

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Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in Air Raid Wardens (1943)

Two bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi saboteurs bent on blowing up the local magnesium plant.Two bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi saboteurs bent on blowing up the local magnesium plant.Two bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi saboteurs bent on blowing up the local magnesium plant.

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6.1/10

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Stan Laurel

Stanley

Oliver Hardy

Oliver Hardy

Edgar Kennedy

Joe Bledsoe

Jacqueline White

Peggy Parker

Stephen McNally

Dan Madison
(as Horace McNally)

Nella Walker

Millicent Norton

Donald Meek

Eustace Middling

Henry O'Neill

Rittenhause

Howard Freeman

J.P. Norton

Paul Stanton

Captain Biddle

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Charlie Beaugart
(as Robert Emmet O'Connor)

William Tannen

Joseph

Russell Hicks

Major Scanlon

Philip Van Zandt

Herman
(as Phil Van Zandt)

Frederick Worlock

Otto
(as Frederic Worlock)

Don Costello

Heydrich

Sam Ash

Air Raid Warden
(uncredited)

King Baggot

Townsman at Meeting
(uncredited)

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6/10

Hardly Vintage But Better Than Great Guns!

Yes, this is pretty anemic L & H, but as their '40s films go, I put it third behind THE BULLFIGHTERS and JITTERBUGS as their most tolerable (the fourth, THE BIG NOISE, has one of the best L & H fadeouts ever, but that's another entry).

Anyway, AIR WARDENS manages to eke out some effective comedic bits, especially some unexpectedly impressive pratfalls from an aging Laurel. The war time trappings can get tiresome, but at least there's neat payoff with one sight gag near the end. Edgar Kennedy is a big plus in this film, and though its flaws are many (why no background music?),it's hardly a catastrophe. That's a backhanded compliment, but I think accurate enough!

westegg
Nov 24, 2006
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Trivia
Supposedly, Civil Defense representatives were present as advisors during the filming to ensure none of the gags in the movie would cast a negative light on the efficiency of their organization.

Goofs
The car they were driving as they drove off the road and hit a tree toward the end of the film had no tires or steel bands on the wooden spoke wheels of the car. It would have been very difficult to actually drive a car in that configuration.

Quotes
Oliver: [inside the open car trunk] This is a job for the detectives.
Stanley: Maybe we should turn 'em over to the FHA.
Oliver: Yeah. Shhh!
[they get out of the car trunk]
Stanley: This must be the hide-in.
Oliver: Hide-out! Come on.