It's the Fourth of July and the mother of Our Gang member Joe Cobb is doing a brisk business at her fireworks stand. Briefly left in charge of the stand, Joe does his best not to blow up himself or his friends, but a poorly-aimed skyrocket owned by Allen "Farina" Hoskins triggers a somewhat premature but undeniably spectacular display of pyrotechnics.
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Harry Arras as Local Resident
Harry Bowen as Pedestrian
Charley Chase as Top Hat Inebriate
Joe Cobb as Joe
Jackie Condon as Jackie
William Courtright as Cement worker
June Gittelson as Joe's Mother
Al Hallett as Local resident
Jack Hanlon as Boy Who Gives a Quarter
Jack Hill as Man With Monocle
Allen 'Farina' Hoskins as Farina
Jannie Hoskins as Mango
Charles Meakin as Local Resident
Arthur Millett as Local Resident
Gene Morgan as Cop
Jay R. Smith as Jay
Robert F. McGowan Director
Hal Roach Story
Art Lloyd Director of Photography
Hal Roach Producer
Richard C. Currier Editor
United States 26 June 1927
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