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Pick and Shovel
Also known as The Miner in the USA
(1923) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by George Jeske

Cast: Stan Laurel [the miner], James Finlayson [the foreman], Katherine Grant [his daughter], George Rowe [the cross-eyed miner], Sammy Brooks [miner], William Gillespie [the boss], Dorothy Devore

Hal Roach Studios, Incorporated, production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [Pathécomedy]. / Produced by Hal Roach. Properties by Ham Kinsey. Assistant director, W.P. Hackney. Cinematography by Frank Young. Presented by Hal Roach. / Released 17 June 1923. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists [16mm reduction positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Mines: Miners, Mine shafts

Listing updated: 6 January 2023.

References: Film viewing : Website-IMDb.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.