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Director:
Writers:
True Boardman (story)
Robert Lees (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
2 June 1943 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
The Laughs Fall Thick as Snowflakes, as Abbott and Costello Go From Chasing Girls to Chasing Gangsters at a Gay Winter Resort! more
Plot:
Two newspaper photographers get mixed up with gangsters at a ski resort. full summary | add synopsis
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Too slapstick-orientated more (13 total)

Cast

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Bud Abbott ... Flash Fulton
Lou Costello ... Weejie 'Tubby' McCoy
Ginny Simms ... Marcia Manning
Patric Knowles ... Dr. Bill Elliot (Credits) / Dr. William 'Bill' Burns (in Film)
Elyse Knox ... Nurse Peggy Osborne
Joe Sawyer ... Buster - Silky's Henchman (as Joseph Sawyer)
Marc Lawrence ... Phil - Silky's Henchman
Sheldon Leonard ... Harry 'Silky' Fellowsby
Johnny Long and His Orchestra ... Themselves
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Nick Thompson ... Husband (scenes deleted)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Oh Doctor
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Runtime:
82 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
After completing production, Lou Costello was stricken with rheumatic fever. This would be the last new Abbott and Costello film for more than a year. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Flash and Tubby arrive at the ski cabin, you can see their shadows on the trees in the backdrop behind them. more
Quotes:
Weejie 'Tubby' McCoy: Hey! Where's the fire?
Mac: In your eyes.
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Soundtrack:
I'd Like to Set You to Music more

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Too slapstick-orientated, 4 April 2007
6/10
Author: gridoon

Bud and Lou walk into an apparently empty bank:

B: "Teller!"

L: "I'll tell her, where is she?"

B: "Where is who? I said teller"

L: "Tell her what?"

B: "Tell her nothing. I want a teller"

L: "Go ahead and tell her, I don't care!"

B: "No, teller in the bank"

L: "Tell her in the bank, tell her on the street, tell her anywhere you want, I won't listen"

"Hit the Ice" has some very funny verbal exchanges (the aforementioned "teller" routine had me in tears, followed by the "pack the grip" - "unpack the grip" one), and also some absurdist moments (check out the way they enter the mountain cabin). Less successful are Lou's pratfalls in the skating ring (seeing him fall flat on his face is not so funny after the 10th time it happens), and the climactic ski chase suffers from the obviousness of the rear projection. Kids will probably enjoy the slapstick parts more, but I imagine that most adults will prefer the verbal humor.

Ginny Simms' songs are forgettable and time-wasting, but at least we get to look at her - she was a remarkably beautiful woman. (**1/2)

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