The Battle of the Century

The Battle of the Century (1927) is a 19-minute Laurel and Hardy short you can watch online on iFILM. Stan plays the boxer, Ollie manages him — the fight itself barely lasts a round. What follows is the real main event: a pie-throwing sequence involving thousands of pies, each hit triggering the next in a chain of perfectly calibrated mayhem.

Director Clyde Bruckman packed more physical comedy into this one reel than most features managed in ninety minutes. Watch The Battle of the Century (1927) on iFILM.