Call of the Cuckoo
Mishaps befall a new home owner located next door to an insane asylum.
π Top Cast
π¬ Technical Specs
π·οΈ Keywords
π― Categories
β Featured Review
"Laurel and Hardy appear in supporting roles in this short Max Davidson comedy, playing two of a quartet of loons living next door to the hapless hero. I've never seen a Davidson film before β or heard of him to be honest β and judging by this effort, it's no surprise that he's now largely forgotten. He strokes his beard a lot and holds the side of his face but rarely does anything remotely funny. In the film he's so desperate to get away from his mentally challenged neighbours that he agrees to swap houses with a stranger. He takes his long-suffering wife and heavily freckl..."
π‘ Did You Know?
This film was made just days after Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy had finished filming "The Second 100 Years (1927)," in which they play shaven-headed convicts. Thus, the reason for the boys' buzz-cut hairdos in this film.
π¬ More Like This
π Synopsis
Mishaps befall a new home owner located next door to an insane asylum.