This is the second outing for Lieutenant Pimple (the first was Lt Pimple on
Secret Service, which doesn't survive) spoofing the adventure series
of the day. In this film it is apparent that Fred Evans is no great physical
comedian - a skating routine really doesn't compare favourably with the other
comedians of the day, certainly not Max Linder or Chaplin. Brother Joe does a
little better with an energetic series of tumbles when Fred shoots him in the
backside thinking he is a polar bear. The humour is in the childishness, the
absurdities and the juxtaposition between the pomposity of the heroic adventure
film and the cheapness of the arctic set.
Complete film (10:01)
