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Director:
Leslie Goodwins
Writers:
John Grant (writer)
Lee Loeb (screenplay)
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Release Date:
2 May 1954 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
An intended film for Bud Abbott and Lou Costello that ened up with Hugh O'Brian (a performer who was often funny... more | add synopsis
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two goofballs (Hugh O'Brian and Buddy Hackett) join a 1910 firefighting company. more (6 total)

Cast

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Spike Jones ... Lt. 'Mac' McGinty
Spike Jones and His City Slickers ... Firemen (as Spike Jones' City Slickers)
Hugh O'Brian ... Smitty

Buddy Hackett ... Smokey Hinkle
Adele Jergens ... Harry's Wife
Tom Brown ... Capt. Bill Peters
Harry Cheshire ... Commissioner Spencer
George Cleveland ... Chief Rorty
Tristram Coffin ... Tucker
John Cliff ... Crane
Willis Bouchey ... Mayor
Henry Kulky ... Harry
Madge Blake ... Mrs. Spencer - Fire Commissioner's Wife
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Runtime:
79 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #16933, General Audience) | Sweden:Btl
Company:
Universal International Pictures (UI) more

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Originally slated to star Bud Abbott and Lou Costello (who shot some scenes and who can be distinguished in a few long shots), Costello's ill health forced the withdrawal of the duo from the picture. Universal replaced them with Buddy Hackett and Hugh O'Brian. more
Soundtrack:
A Hot Time in the Old Town more

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two goofballs (Hugh O'Brian and Buddy Hackett) join a 1910 firefighting company., 18 March 2006
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Author: dougbrode from United States

Here's another of those 'lost' films that somehow fell through the cracks and don't even show up on Turner Classic Movies at three in the morning, when they tend to play obscure so-so pictures for a cult audience that either sets the tape machine or sits up all night long, staring at the tube. Wish they would revive it, though, for it this is anything but subtle, it does contain several well mounted slapstick situations of the type that flourished in the early days of film, before sound came in. Originally, the film was to have starred Bud Abott and Lou Costello. When they dropped out, the studio inserted Hugh O'Brian, who shortly would incarnate the ultra-serous marshal Wyatt Earp on TV, and Buddy Hackett, just then emerging as a world-class funnyman. The decisive move was to rethink this as a (the?) vehicle for Spike Jones and His City Slickers, a madman band that offered more comedy than music. And, as earlier said about this film itself, they weren't subtle but they sure were funny. Another forgotten film waiting to be found.

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