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A Chump at Oxford

"Figuring out a grand time for you!"

The boys get jobs as a butler and maid-- Stan in drag-- for a dinner party. When that ends in disaster, they resort to sweeping streets and accidentally capture a bank robber. The grateful bank president sends them to Oxford, at their request, and higher-education hijinks ensue.

Top Cast

  • Stan Laurel

    Stan Laurel

    Stan

  • Oliver Hardy

    Oliver Hardy

    Ollie

  • Forrester Harvey

    Forrester Harvey

    Meredith

  • Wilfred Lucas

    Wilfred Lucas

    Dean Williams

  • Forbes Murray

    Forbes Murray

    Banker

  • Frank Baker

    Frank Baker

    Dean's Servant

  • Eddie Borden

    Eddie Borden

    Ghost

  • Gerald Rogers

    Gerald Rogers

    Student

  • Victor Kendall

    Victor Kendall

    Student

Overview

The boys get jobs as a butler and maid-- Stan in drag-- for a dinner party. When that ends in disaster, they resort to sweeping streets and accidentally capture a bank robber. The grateful bank president sends them to Oxford, at their request, and higher-education hijinks ensue.

Rating

6.9 / 10
111 Reviews
1 Popular

1 Reviews

  • talisencrw
    talisencrw
    9 Jun 29, 2016

    Great fun to watch some fine Laurel and Hardy set-pieces, wrecking an elite dinner party, foiling a bank robbery, being run over the coals twice during university initiation and finally Stan overcoming amnesia to discover he was once a prized Oxford great. Weirdly tied together, but it still works for me.

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