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22 February 1946 (USA)
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They're Selling Vacuum Cleaners !
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Lou Costello plays a country bumpkin vacuum-cleaner salesman, working for the company run by the crooked Bud Abbott...
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Little Giant not in Abbott and Costello spirit
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Bud Abbott | ... | Eddie L. Morrison / T.S. Chandler |
| Lou Costello | ... | Benny Miller |
| Brenda Joyce | ... | Miss Ruby Burke |
| Jacqueline deWit | ... | Hazel Temple Morrison |
| George Cleveland | ... | Clarence Goodring |
| Elena Verdugo | ... | Martha Hill |
| Mary Gordon | ... | Ma Miller |
| Pierre Watkin | ... | P.S. Van Loon |
| Donald MacBride | ... | The conductor |
| Victor Kilian | ... | Gus Anderson (salesman) |
| Margaret Dumont | ... | Mrs. Hendrickson |
| George Chandler | ... | O'Brien (salesman) |
| Sid Fields | ... | Air-pump customer |
| Beatrice Gray | ... | Miss King |
| Bert Roach | ... | Joe (bartender) |
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90 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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This film was regarded as a major departure for Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. It was their first situation comedy, and the comedy was character-/situation-driven rather than gag-driven.
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Continuity: Abbott's toupee shifts noticeably during the "7 times 13 = 28" scene.
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Featured in The World of Abbott and Costello (1965)
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What is the Hercules Vacuum Cleaner Company's slogan?more
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This, being the last Abbott and Costello film, I'm not surprised that it went downhill. In my opinion, Abbott was a minor character, and I didn't laugh once in watching this movie. We've gone from good old slapstick and walking into walls to making fun of the stupidity of Lou. He loses everything, and we get that horrible tragedy atmosphere. Then they squeeze a 2-minute happy ending in, and you never lose it. All in all, this movie, although it has a nice blurb on the back, stinks.