Stan Laurel commits federal mail crimes for 22 minutes and it's a masterpiece of panic.
Stan does his best to recover a post-card, which he has forgotten to stamp. He attempts the recovery after hearing a remark by a postal inspector that the absence of the stamp makes the card a criminal offense for the sender. In the course of his struggles he swims through "oceans" of mail, rides up and down chutes, gets tied up in a mail bag and finally finds himself locked in a delivery truck with two thieves.
Acting
Laurel's terrified eye-rolls are silent-era perfection.
Direction
Jeske turns a mailroom into an existential hellscape.
Director
George Jeske
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