Thick as Thieves

George gets out of jail after three years only to find his best friend, Stan has shacked up with his other half, Annie. Despite throwing a bit of a wobbler, George can't get Annie to give Stan the boot.

George gets the hump when Stan, confined to his bed, gets bacon and eggs from Annie for breakfast when he gets none. What neither of them know is that Stan is playing up the extent of his injury...

George, compelled to share a bed with Stan, takes him to task about his noisy sleeping habits. His day then takes a turn for the worse when a gentleman caller turns out to be a none-too-friendly policeman.

Annie has a good rant at both George and Stan - she's had enough of both of them and decides to go and stay with a friend. An ex-cellmate of George's makes news headlines by breaking out of prison. George and Stan get an unexpected visitor...

Escaped convict Tommy Holister is still in residence and the police dragnet is closing in, George and Stan try to brainstorm a plan to get rid of him, but they come up with nothing. Then they get the bright idea to embark on a criminal enterprise to fund Tommy's escape plans.

Much to his outrage, George fins out by accident that Stan and Annie are going on holiday together. He has a go at both of them and gets aggrieved when Stan reckons that it's all George's fault, as he came out of prison too early...