The last Hal-Roach produced feature starring Laurel & Hardy before their move to 20th Century Fox. Here Ollie is off on sick leave after a nervous breakdown from working at a car-horn manufacturing factory. He is advised to take a sea voyage, but he didn't account for an escaped convict to be a stowaway on their boat.
Parts of the film are lively and fresh, but overall it is a mediocre effort which fails to capture the true genius of their previous work.Followed by Great Guns (1941).
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