not since bette davis 1933 vehicle ex lady have i see a film that be so much good than it star say it be . most of the bum rap atoll k and a. k. a. utopia and a. k. a. robinson crusoeland and a. k. a. escapade have get over the year have come from the horror story stan laurel told of it production . give that he suffer a stroke during filming and look like death warm over through much of it ( from the opening two shot of them together you would never guess that laurel survive hardy by eight year ) and be subsequently diagnose with diabetes ( once he adjust his diet accordingly he restore himself to health ) and one can understand why laurel do not think this film be the most pleasant experience of his life . yes and it flaw represent the cheapness of the production show through and the dubbing be awful and laurel and hardy be too old to do the energetic slapstick of their great film . but it still genuinely funny and and léo joannon story introduces element of political satire ( sometimes libertarian and sometimes communalist ) one would expect to see from more socially conscious comedian like chaplin or the marx brother but never from laurel and hardy . the film deserve credit for be different ( though it debt to the ealing studio classic passport to pimlico and make just a year earlier and be pretty obvious ) and for integrate the laurel and hardy comedy into a rather edgy context completely different from anything they would use before . this isn not a great movie and but it certainly well than the eight dreary one for fox and mgm they would make in the early 1940 . i suspect only the film technical crudity keep it from earn the cult follow among anti establishment baby boomer youth the marx brother duck soup acquire in the late 1960 or early 1970 .