Pardon My Sarong (1942)

A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat trip that finds them on a tropical island, where a jewel thief has sinister plans for them.

Director:

Erle C. Kenton

Writers:

True Boardman (screenplay), Nat Perrin (screenplay),

Stars:

Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Virginia Bruce

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Bud Abbott	...	Algernon 'Algy' Shaw
Lou Costello	...	Wellington Pflug, aka Moola
Virginia Bruce	...	Joan Marshall
Robert Paige	...	Tommy Layton
Lionel Atwill	...	Dr. Varnoff
Leif Erickson	...	Whaba (as Leif Erikson)
Nan Wynn	...	Luana
William Demarest	...	Det. Kendall
Samuel S. Hinds	...	Chief Kolua
Marie McDonald	...	Ferna
Janet Warren	...	Amo (as Elaine Morey)
The Ink Spots	...	The Four Ink Spots (as The Four Ink Spots)
Tip Tap & Toe	...	Dancing Trio (as Tip Tap and Toe)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maria Montez	...	(scenes deleted)

Storyline

A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat trip that finds them on a tropical island, where a jewel thief has sinister plans for them.

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Plot Keywords:

bus | playboy | bus driver | tribal chief | fistfight | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Musical | Adventure

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 August 1942 (USA)

Also Known As:

Road to Montezuma

Filming Locations:

Salton Sea, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$400,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mayfair Productions Inc., Universal Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This was the second highest grossing film of 1942.

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Goofs

During the drink switching scene between Lou Costello and the native guy Lou Costello tricks the native guy into thinking that he switched the glasses when in fact he didn't. The two take a drink and put their glasses down but in the very next shot, the glasses are back in their hands.

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Quotes

Wellington Pflug, aka Moola: [after being told he has to go into the temple on top of a volcano, from which no one has ever returned] I'll go up there into that temple. I'll face danger.
Algernon 'Algy' Shaw: I knew you would.
Wellington Pflug, aka Moola: I don't care if the boogeyman's in there.
Algernon 'Algy' Shaw: Thatta boy.
Wellington Pflug, aka Moola: There's only one thing I want you to do.
Algernon 'Algy' Shaw: What's that?
Wellington Pflug, aka Moola: Talk me out of it.

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Soundtracks

"Island of the Moon"
(1942)
Written by Don Raye and Gene de Paul
Sung by an offscreen chorus at the end

User Reviews

Pure silly fun

This is pure silliness at its best. If you plan to watch, bring your sense of silly. A native dance turns into a nightclub act; Lou the bus driver gets confused by the instructions "go ahead and back up"; and many other classic bits.

Bud and Lou obviously had a great time making this movie (Lou is hysterically funny). A smile never left my face during the last half of it, even though this a 60+ year old movie now. I'm sure it was popular escapist fun for Allied troops during WWII.