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Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955) 6.2
Bud and Lou find themselves pursued by an Egyptian cult for a special medallion linked to a walking mummy. Director:Charles Lamont |
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Cast
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Pete Patterson
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Freddie Franklin
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Madame Rontru
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Charlie
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Josef
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Kurt Katch | ... |
Dr. Gustav Zoomer
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Richard Karlan | ... |
Hetsut
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Mel Welles | ... |
Iben
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George Khoury | ... |
Habid
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Eddie Parker | ... |
Klaris, the Mummy
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In Egypt Peter and Freddie find the archaeologist Dr. Zoomer murdered before they can return to America. A medallion leads them to a crypt where a revived mummy provides the terror. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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It has been said that a man's best friend is his mummy... See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
23 June 1955 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Meet the Mummy See more »Box Office
Budget:
$738,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Color:
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Lou Costello aka Freddie Franklin: Don't worry. the Mummy will find you!
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Written by Bob Russell and John Benson Brooks
Sung by Peggy King
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Though Bud Abbott's character in this film was named Peter Patterson and Lou Costello's character's name was Freddie Franklin, they addressed each other by their own, real names ("Heeeeey Abbott!") throughout the entire picture. The credits are the only place where their characters' names are used. See more »Goofs
While the boys are digging the hole, and after Lou has disappeared; Abbott sits down in the same place. Abbott is tipped backward, head first through the wall; but when he falls into the room below though a small hole in the ceiling; he comes through feet first. See more »Quotes
Bud Abbott aka Peter Patterson: Where will we find the Mummy?Lou Costello aka Freddie Franklin: Don't worry. the Mummy will find you!
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Crazy Credits
In the final credits, the boys are listed with fake character names. Throughout the movie, they use their real names. See more »Soundtracks
"You Came A Long Way From St. Louis"Written by Bob Russell and John Benson Brooks
Sung by Peggy King
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For their final film with Universal Studios Bud Abbott and Lou Costello visit Egypt and get themselves in one beautiful mess where the police think Abbott murdered Kurt Katch and both of them get caught between two rival gangs.
The first is the cult of Klaris, an ancient mummy buried alive and still alive through many incarnations at Universal in the horror film days and a gang of treasure hunters headed by Marie Windsor doing a poor girl's Gale Sondergaard imitation. Marie is so much better in modern noir films. Her henchmen are the well cast Michael Ansara and Dan Seymour, a menacing pair as ever graced the screen.
Richard Deacon plays the cult leader, an archeology professor by day and a high priest of the ancient Egyptian religion by night. I take my hat off to him for keeping an absolutely straight face through some of this insanity.
A&C sad to say were getting old and tired. In those last few films Abbott was developing as big a paunch as Costello. The team was running out of gas and Universal was now pushing to the forefront such young juvenile stars as Rock Hudson and Tony Curtis who were the big breadwinners for the studio the way Abbott&Costello were in the previous decade.
There were still a few laughs left in them yet. In fact Abbott in this one is almost as much a target for the physical comedy as Costello. Best bit is towards the end when Abbott and Ansara both disguised in mummy bandages meet the real Klaris.
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy is nowhere near the kind of sparkle these two had in their films for Universal in the early Forties. Sad that their time had passed.