''One Good Turn'' is a 1931 American

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short comedy film starring

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. This film was the first Laurel and Hardy film to feature support from

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.http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/614691/One-Good-Turn/articles.html

Plot

Stan and Ollie are suffering during the

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and begging for food. A friendly old lady provides them with some sandwiches. Enjoying their meal, they hear that the old lady will be thrown out of her house because she is robbed and cannot pay her

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. They don't know that the old lady is rehearsing a play. Stan and Ollie decide to repay the old lady by selling their car. During the auction a drunken man (

) puts a wallet in Stan's pocket. Ollie accuses Stan of having robbed the old lady, but when they return to the old lady's place they hear the truth. Stan takes revenge on Ollie.

Cast

Notes

Stan Laurel's daughter Lois was fearful of Oliver Hardy (known to her as "Uncle Babe") when her father was hit by Hardy in many

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. So, Laurel wrote a scene in which Hardy was hit by him.

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