Big Business

IMDb link: 0019688
IMDb rating: 7.6 (3,669 votes)
Genres: Comedy, Family, Short
Director: James W. Horne, Stan Laurel, Leo McCarey
Cast: Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Charlie Hall and others

Release date: 20 Apr 1929
Release year: 1929
Runtime: 19 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: national film registry, christmas tree, revenge, escalation, vandalism, pocket watch, doorbell, slapstick comedy, police officer, awning

Plot:

Stan and Ollie are Christmas tree salesmen in California. Business is slow and a simple argument with one grumpy prospective customer (James Finlayson) escalates from a simple argument into full scale mutual destruction - with Stan and Ollie destroying the customer's house and garden, whilst Finlayson reduces their car to scrap metal... all under the disbelieving gaze of a police officer and an assembled crowd.

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