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Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)

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Overview

Director:
Charles Lamont
Writers:
John Grant (writer)
Lee Loeb (story)
Release Date:
February 1955 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
When every face wore a custard pie, and vamps broke hearts with a winking eye! more
Plot:
Harry and Willie buy the Edison Movie Studio in the year 1912 from Joseph Gorman, a confidence man. They follow Gorman to Hollywood where... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Could be better more

Cast

 (Complete credited cast)
Bud Abbott ... Harry Pierce
Lou Costello ... Willie Piper
Fred Clark ... Joseph Gorman, aka Sergei Toumanoff
Lynn Bari ... Leota Van Cleef
Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom ... Hinds (as Maxie Rosenbloom)
Frank Wilcox ... Rudolph Snavely
Harold Goodwin ... Cameraman (as Herold Goodwin)
Roscoe Ates ... Wagon Driver
Mack Sennett ... Himself
Heinie Conklin ... Studio Guard
Hank Mann ... Prop Man
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Additional Details

Runtime:
80 min | Argentina:85 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Three members of the original Keystone Cops of silent films worked on the picture: Hank Mann, Harold Goodwin and Heinie Conklin. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: In the climactic chase sequence, the shadows of Fred Clark and Lynn Bari are clearly visible on the process screen behind them. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "The Rockford Files: The Attractive Nuisance (#4.14)" (1978) more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful:-
Could be better, 14 July 1999
Author: Russell Dodd (ye5.man@tesco.net) from Essex, England

Set in 1920s where Costello buys a studio from a conman then spends half the film travelling with Abbott across America then the last half working as a stuntman ina studio where for some reason they presume the conman is hiding - how they come to this conclusion is never explained. This film has boring spots such as the mistaken identity bit where Abbott dresses as a burglar and Costello the cop where naturally an identical looking burgular and cop are prowling. The highlight is of course the comic chase at the end which is certainly fun to watch. Fred Clark is good as the conman. Listen for the background laughter when costello falls over in Mr Snavely's office. When the boys are in the train, Costello looks out and reads the sign and says "Harry, we're in Los Angeles already" from the camera's angle this looks true but Costello's head is right out of the door so there is no reason for him to make this mistake which don't make sense. Also When they jump into the carraige full of cows and Costello keeps boucing out look for the trampoline he is jumping on and when they buy the studio, the old man who greets them says"This is one of the 1st motion picture studio pictures ever built. It dates back to 1895, it isn't used anymore" Maybe that is the case in 1955 when the film was made but the film was set in the 1920s so the studio wouldn't be that old. The girl in the cashier's window at the start of the film is Costello's 15 year old daughter. This film isn't too bad, they made worse. It just isn't very funny.

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