Atoll K (1951) Online
Heading for a newly inherited island, the boys are shipwrecked and marooned on an atoll which has just emerged from the sea. Along with their cook, a stowaway and a girl who is fleeing her fiancé, they set up their own government on the atoll. Uranium is discovered and world powers begin fighting over ownership of the island.
Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Stan Laurel | - | Stan (as Laurel) | |
Oliver Hardy | - | Ollie (as Hardy) | |
Suzy Delair | - | Chérie Lamour | |
Max Elloy | - | Antoine | |
Suzet Maïs | - | Mrs. Dolan | |
Félix Oudart | - | Mayor | |
Adriano Rimoldi | - | Giovanni Copini | |
Robert Murzeau | - | Captain Dolan | |
Luigi Tosi | - | Lt. Jack Frazer | |
Michael Dalmatoff | - | Alecto (as Michel Dalmatoff) | |
André Randall | - | Branwell (as A. Randell) | |
Robert Vattier | - | Le notaire français (as R. Vattier) | |
Claude May | - | La secrétaire (as C. May) | |
Roger Legris | - | Fortune hunter (as R. Legris) | |
Olivier Hussenot | - | Fortune hunter (as O. Hussenot) |
It was quite apparent from his appearance that Stan Laurel was gravely ill during production. Completion of the film was delayed while he had an operation in Paris. He would fully recover and live another 15 years.
Stan Laurel was embarrassed by the final film and hoped it would get little publicity or release. Ironically, the movie's copyright lapsed and the film went into the public domain, making this the most easily obtainable of the films he made with Oliver Hardy.
Oliver Hardy was also ill during filming with cardiac fibrillation and the flu.
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy's final movie together.
After completing this film, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy continued to make stage appearances. A proposed film project by 'Billy Wilder (I)' never made it to pre-production due to Hardy's failing health.
Because this film was produced in France, many of the supporting actors are speaking French, with their voices dubbed into English.
In an interview Lois Laurel (Stan's daughter), stated that her father never wanted to see and indeed never saw the final version of this film.
Italian censorship visa # 10701 dated October 11th 1951
Stan's pet lobster's name is Oscar.
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