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Writers:
D.D. Beauchamp (story)
John Grant (writer) ...
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Release Date:
19 February 1950 (USA) more
Tagline:
THEIR FIRST IN A YEAR...THEIR FUNNIEST BY FAR! (original print ad - all caps) more
Plot:
Jonesy and Lou are in Algeria looking for a wrestler they are promoting. Sergeant Axmann tricks them into joining the Foreign Legion... more | add synopsis
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DVD: Review:The Samuel Fuller Collection
(From The AV Club. 27 October 2009, 10:01 PM, PDT)
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Very light and silly Abbott and Costello title. more (11 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Bud Abbott | ... | Bud Jones |
| Lou Costello | ... | Lou Hotchkiss |
| Patricia Medina | ... | Nicole Dupre |
| Walter Slezak | ... | Sgt. Axmann |
| Douglass Dumbrille | ... | Sheik Hamud El Khalid |
| Leon Belasco | ... | Hassam |
| Marc Lawrence | ... | Frankie the Loan Shark |
| William 'Wee Willie' Davis | ... | Abdullah (as Wee Willie Davis) |
| Tor Johnson | ... | Abou Ben |
| Sammy Menacker | ... | 'Bert' Bertram (as Sam Mancker) |
| Jack Raymond | ... | Ali Ami |
| Fred Nurney | ... | Commandant |
| Paul Fierro | ... | Ibn |
| Henry Corden | ... | Ibrim |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Foreign Legion (USA) (short title)
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Runtime:
80 min | Argentina:85 min
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1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Australia:G | Argentina:Atp | Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #14654) | Sweden:15
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Quotes:
Bud Jones:
What's the idea of teaching midgets to wrestle?
Lou Hotchkiss:
They're for those small television sets.
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Featured in The World of Abbott and Costello (1965) more
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Not much going on in this film that is going to amuse anyone over the age of 8. The gags are very simple and it is obvious that most of the movie was shot in a studio, but still the film retains a silly juvenile charm. The best parts occur when A & C are lost in the desert and Lou is seeing mirages of a malt shop and of an oasis. A great gag occurs when he hallucinates that a newsboy is selling newspapers in the desert. When Lou asks him how he got there, the newsboy answers that he got stuck with a bad corner. The rest of the film has the usual slapstick nonsense and tired old gags about oil Sheiks and harems. On the whole only worth seeing if your brain is stuck in idle (or stupid).