Habeas Corpus

Habeas Corpus

NR 1928 · 20 min · ★ 6.7 · Comedy

Loony scientist hires Laurel and Hardy to raid the cemetery to keep him supplied with dead bodies for his experiments.

Directed by James Parrott

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