Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)

Bud and Lou get mixed up with hillbillies, witches and love potions.

Director:

Charles Lamont

Writers:

John Grant (additional dialogue), Robert Lees,

Stars:

Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Dorothy Shay

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bud Abbott	...	Al Stewart
Lou Costello	...	Wilbert Smith
Dorothy Shay	...	Dorothy McCoy
Kirby Grant	...	Clark Winfield
Joe Sawyer	...	Kalem McCoy
Glenn Strange	...	Devil Dan Winfield
Ida Moore	...	Granny McCoy
Shaye Cogan	...	Clora McCoy
Margaret Hamilton	...	Aunt Huddy
Guy Wilkerson	...	Uncle Clem McCoy
Robert Easton	...	Luke McCoy (as Bob Easton)
Virgil S. Taylor	...	Jasper Winfield
Russell Simpson	...	Judge
Hank Worden	...	Target Judge
Jack Kruschen	...	Gangster in Night Club

Storyline

Bud and Lou get mixed up with hillbillies, witches and love potions.

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Plot Keywords:

potion | hillbilly | theatrical agent | kentucky | elevator | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Musical

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 July 1951 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Real McCoy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal International Pictures (UI)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

77 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

[after seeing a goat]
Wilbert: Funny-looking dogs they got down here.

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Connections

Featured in The World of Abbott and Costello (1965)

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Soundtracks

"Why Don't Someone Marry Mary Ann?"

User Reviews

Worse then Africa Screams

In my rewatching of the Abbott and Costello series that I loved in my youth, this is by far the worst of the series that I have rewatched. The problem is not in the subject material. The problem is in the script, the execution and the performances. Abbott and Costello have never been more bland and the songs from the Manhatten Hillbilly take up seemingly half of the movie's length. The song about a half an hour in goes on forever. The old granny is fun but isn't allowed to do enough. The "courtship" between Costello and the 14 year old hillbilly girl is ghoulish. Bud Abbott is non-existent and the hillbilly clans do nothing whatsoever. There are a few chuckles and nothing more. The opener and the conclusion are awful. On the bright side, Glenn Strange is great here and Costello's duel with the witch is funny. Costello's "christening" is a gut buster. But that's it. Has a little of the same flavor as The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap but isn't in the same league, much less the same ballpark.