Regarded as the most popular of Laurel & Hardy's feature-length films, not least for the Trail of the Lonesome Pine song, 'Way Out West' sees Stan and Ollie visiting the town of Brushwood Gulch to deliver the deed of a gold mine, only to be deceived by James Finlayson, playing a villainous saloon-keeper.
Directed by
James W. Horne
Written by
Jack Jevne (story); Charley Rogers (story) (as Charles Rogers); Charley Rogers (screenplay) (as Charles Rogers); Felix Adler (screenplay); James Parrott (screenplay); James W. Horne (uncredited); Arthur V. Jones (uncredited).
Starring
Stan Laurel (Stanley); Oliver Hardy (Ollie); Sharon Lynn (Lola Marcel (as Sharon Lynne)); James Finlayson (Mickey Finn); Rosina Lawrence (Mary Roberts / Stan's falsetto (voice)); Stanley Fields (Sheriff); Vivien Oakland (Sheriff's Wife); Dinah (Herself). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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