pardon u be the first full length film feature the comedy duo of laurel and hardy . it be short by present day standard and run for just under an hour at 56 minute . it be release in 1931 a the infamous prohibition era be come to it end . it be the era of chicago gangster and hoodlum and it be the era of al capone and it be the era of the electric chair and it be the era of the speakeasy and it be the era of the bootlegger and it be the era of illegal alcohol production and it be the era of prison . so against this background our happy pair of laughable chap find themselves in prison for try to sell their home make brew to a friendly la cop . however there be no real story run through the film and it be no more than a series of separate sketch loosely tack together with prison life a a common theme . many of the prison scene of riot and shoot out be in fact leave over footage from an early film and the big house . maybe mgm felt they be on a winner with something that be in the public eye lawlessness and crime and corruption . however it do not seem to have work and for laugh be few and far between . the best supporting star be walter long who play an extremely tough and much fear prisoner the tiger . apart from one sketch involve the daughter of the prison governor there be no female character in the film and perhaps she should have be more prominent . stan and ollie old stalwart jam finlayson appear in just one sketch in which he play an idiosyncratic teacher in front of a class of prisoner . there be a few mild laugh here but one be immediately remind of the famous british comedian will hay who a headmaster of st. michael school have perfect virtually the same act around 1920 while a both he and laurel have work for fred karno and it be possible that finlayson be introduce to this act by laurel . surprisingly and hardy come over very well in one scene a a singer and he have a good baritone voice and not something we normally associate with him . overall pardon u be very out date so it must be regard a a nostalgic work that have not age well while so much so that the mgm credit have be remove from the start of the film . if you be a stan and ollie fan watch it by all mean but for others and watch something else instead .