Stan is a sailor whose girl gets kidnapped by a rough sea captain. Stan dresses in drag and seduces the captain but the captain's wife catches him. Stan and his girl beat a hasty retreat as the captain's wife fires off a parting shot.
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Stan Laurel as Willie Brisling
Oliver Hardy as First Mate
Viola Richard as Willie's Girl
Anita Garvin as Captain's Wife
Malcolm Waite as Sea Captain
Edgar Dearing as Amorous Sailor
Bobby Dunn as Bemused Sailor
Jerry Mandy as Sailor
Anna May Wong as Delamar (scenes deleted)
Sôjin Kamiyama as Moneylender (scenes deleted)
Dick und Doof - Warum Mädchen Matrosen lieben Trailer
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Il était un petit navire Trailer
Laurel et Hardy - Il était un petit navire Trailer
United States 17 July 1927
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