Fra Diavolo

Original title: The Devil's Brother

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Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in Fra Diavolo (1933)

Two wannabe bandits join the service of a dashing nobleman who secretly masquerades as notorious outlaw Fra Diavolo.Two wannabe bandits join the service of a dashing nobleman who secretly masquerades as notorious outlaw Fra Diavolo.Two wannabe bandits join the service of a dashing nobleman who secretly masquerades as notorious outlaw Fra Diavolo.

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7.1/10

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Awards
- 1 win total

Top cast38

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Stan Laurel

Stanlio

Oliver Hardy

Ollio

Dennis King

Fra Diavolo…

Thelma Todd

Lady Pamela

James Finlayson

Lord Rocburg

Lucile Browne

Zerlina

Arthur Pierson

Lorenzo

Henry Armetta

Matteo

Matt McHugh

Francesco

Lane Chandler

Lieutenant

Nina Quartero

Rita
(as Nena Quartaro)

Wilfred Lucas

Alessandro

James C. Morton

Woodchopper

Marion Bardell

Tavern Bartender
(uncredited)

Alice Belcher

Hag in Tavern
(uncredited)

Brooks Benedict

Undetermined Secondary Role
(uncredited)

Harry Bernard

Bandit
(uncredited)
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Louise Carver

Tavern Patron
(uncredited)

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Laurel and Hardy at their best.

Two of the funniest scenes in a movie. One where Laurel keeps drinking all the wine he's supposed to be putting in a vat. Soon he's sloshed and starts making a smack noise with his mouth, that gets funnier every time he does it. Soon after, they're both sitting at a table in a restaurant and Laurel can't stop laughing. Ollie tries to make him stop but he is quickly consumed by laughter as well and they are ramping up the laughter with every past moment they reminisce. You can't help yourself from laughing and I was laughing hard.

Everything else about this movie is damn good too. The support acting is ahead of it's time and the music is well placed, novel and catchy. And the main female lead is very easy to look at. Check it out, won't we?

yousonuva
Jul 24, 2004
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Trivia
In this movie, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are named respectively "Stanlio" and "Ollio". These are the names by which they are still known in Italy.

Goofs
Position of the noose during the hanging sequence.

Quotes
Ollio: Now we've got to start all over again - right at the bottom!
Stanlio: Why don't we start at the top?
Ollio: Whaddaya mean?
Stanlio: Well, why don't we become bandits? Then we wouldn't have to work hard anymore. Let's get it the easy way. We could rob the rich and give them to the poor, and we could have all...
Ollio: [Interrupting him] That's the first time you've shown any intelligence.
Stanlio: Well, it's the first time you've listened to me. You know if you listened to me, in a while you'd be a lot better off.
Ollio: I guess you're right. Tell me that plan again.
Stanlio: [Bewildered] All of it?
Ollio: Certainly, certainly!
Stanlio: Well, if we became rich and we robbed the poor and gave them to the bandits and... we could start at the top, and we'd get to the bottom without working hard anymore. We can't go wrong. It's the law of conversation.
Ollio: What do you mean?
Stanlio: Well, as ye cast your bread on the waters, so shall ye reap.
Ollio: That's very well thought out!

Crazy credits
The credits are listed on a scroll at the beginning of the movie. All the performers appear to have signed their own names to the list.

Alternate versions
"Cry Babies", "Easy Come, Easy Go" and "In Trouble" were shortened edited versions created specifically for TV.

Connections
Featured in Sodankylä ikuisesti: Valon draama (2010)

Soundtracks
Fra Diabolo
(1830) (uncredited)
Music by Daniel-François Auber from his comic opera
Libretto by Eugène Scribe
Excerpts and arias Played and Sung throughout the movie