The Chimp
6.8
Stan and Ollie play bumbling circus performers who inadvertently drive the circus into bankruptcy. The circus can't pay them their wages so they are given a gorilla and a flea circus as payment. Bedlam ensues.
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Stan Laurel
Stan
Known for
Sons of the Desert
Way Out West
Oliver Hardy
Ollie
Known for
The Music Box
Sons of the Desert
James Finlayson
Ringmaster (uncredited)
Known for
Way Out West
Block-Heads
Billy Gilbert
Joe the Landlord (uncredited)
Known for
The Great Dictator
Fun and Fancy Free
Charles Gemora
Ethel the Chimp (uncredited)
Known for
Swiss Miss
Dorothy Layton
Laid-off Circus Performer (uncredited)
Known for
County Hospital
James Parrott Director · Oliver Hardy Writer Stan Laurel Writer
United States release May 21, 1932 · Produced in United States · Production Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production
Hal Roach Studios
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 21, 1932
Theatrical
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