

Premiere
5
May1933
Studio
About
Synopsis
The Devil's Brother (Fra Diavolo, 1933) is a comic operetta you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Hal Roach and built around Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy at the peak of their partnership. The pair play bumbling wannabe bandits who stumble into the employ of a charming nobleman — one who moonlights as Fra Diavolo, a daring outlaw who lifts gold from wealthy lords and steals affections from their wives.
Roach adapted Daniel Auber's 1830 opera into a showcase for the duo's particular brand of slow-burning incompetence, with Dennis King as the suave bandit-marquis and Thelma Todd as the lady caught in the middle. The period setting gives Laurel and Hardy's deadpan chaos a whole new stage to wreck. Watch The Devil's Brother online on iFILM.
Cast
Starring

Stan Laurel
Stanlio

Oliver Hardy
Ollio

Dennis King
Fra Diavolo, alias The Marquis De San Marco

Thelma Todd
Lady Pamela Rocburg

Arthur Pierson
Capt. Lorenzo

Lucile Browne
Zerlina

Henry Armetta
Matteo

James Finlayson
Lord Rocburg

Lane Chandler
Lorenzo's Lieutenant

James C. Morton
The Timorous Woodchopper

Matt McHugh
The Prospective Groom

Wilfred Lucas
cast

Hal Roach
crew
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