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Pardon My Sarong

  • 19421942
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 24m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
2.3K
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Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, and Nan Wynn in Pardon My Sarong (1942)
  • Comedy
A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat trip that finds them on a tropical island... Read allA pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat trip that finds them on a tropical island, where a jewel thief has sinister plans for them.A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat trip that finds them on a tropical island, where a jewel thief has sinister plans for them.
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
2.3K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Erle C. Kenton
  • Writers
    • True Boardman(original screen play)
    • Nat Perrin(original screen play)
    • John Grant(original screen play)
  • Stars
    • Bud Abbott
    • Lou Costello
    • Virginia Bruce
Top credits
  • Director
    • Erle C. Kenton
  • Writers
    • True Boardman(original screen play)
    • Nat Perrin(original screen play)
    • John Grant(original screen play)
  • Stars
    • Bud Abbott
    • Lou Costello
    • Virginia Bruce
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 30User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, and Nan Wynn in Pardon My Sarong (1942)
    Leif Erickson, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Janet Warren, and Nan Wynn in Pardon My Sarong (1942)
    Lionel Atwill and Lou Costello in Pardon My Sarong (1942)
    Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, and Robert Paige in Pardon My Sarong (1942)
    Lou Costello and Nan Wynn in Pardon My Sarong (1942)
    Bud Abbott, Lionel Atwill, Lou Costello, Marie McDonald, Maria Montez, Janet Warren, Robert Paige, Satini Pualoa, and Nan Wynn in Pardon My Sarong (1942)
    Lou Costello in Pardon My Sarong (1942)
    Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Pardon My Sarong (1942)
    Bud Abbott, Virginia Bruce, Lou Costello, and Robert Paige in Pardon My Sarong (1942)
    Lou Costello and William Demarest in Pardon My Sarong (1942)
    Marie McDonald and Janet Warren in Pardon My Sarong (1942)
    Marie McDonald, Maria Montez, Janet Warren, Barbara Slater, and Nan Wynn in Pardon My Sarong (1942)

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    Bud Abbott
    Bud Abbott
    • Algy Shawas Algy Shaw
    Lou Costello
    Lou Costello
    • Wellington Pflugas Wellington Pflug
    Virginia Bruce
    Virginia Bruce
    • Joan Marshallas Joan Marshall
    Robert Paige
    Robert Paige
    • Tommy Laytonas Tommy Layton
    Lionel Atwill
    Lionel Atwill
    • Varnoffas Varnoff
    Leif Erickson
    Leif Erickson
    • Whabaas Whaba
    • (as Leif Erikson)
    Nan Wynn
    Nan Wynn
    • Luanaas Luana
    William Demarest
    William Demarest
    • Detective Kendallas Detective Kendall
    Samuel S. Hinds
    Samuel S. Hinds
    • Chief Koluaas Chief Kolua
    Marie McDonald
    Marie McDonald
    • Fernaas Ferna
    Janet Warren
    Janet Warren
    • Amoas Amo
    • (as Elaine Morey)
    The Ink Spots
    • Singersas Singers
    • (as The Four Ink Spots)
    Tip Tap & Toe
    • Three Dancersas Three Dancers
    • (as Tip Tap and Toe)
    Maria Montez
    Maria Montez
      Eddie Acuff
      Eddie Acuff
      • Wise Guy at Gas Stationas Wise Guy at Gas Station
      • (uncredited)
      Lona Andre
      Lona Andre
      • Girl on Bus with Tommyas Girl on Bus with Tommy
      • (uncredited)
      Sig Arno
      Sig Arno
      • Marco the Magicianas Marco the Magician
      • (uncredited)
      Irving Bacon
      Irving Bacon
      • Gas Station Proprietoras Gas Station Proprietor
      • (uncredited)
      • Director
        • Erle C. Kenton
      • Writers
        • True Boardman(original screen play)
        • Nat Perrin(original screen play)
        • John Grant(original screen play)
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      Storyline

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      Did you know

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      • Trivia
        This was the second highest grossing film of 1942.
      • Goofs
        During the drink switching scene between Lou Costello and Whaba, Costello tricks Whaba into thinking that he switched the glasses when in fact he didn't. The two take a drink and put their glasses down, but in the very next shot, the glasses are back in their hands.
      • Quotes

        Wellington Pflug, aka Moola: [after being told he has to go into the temple on top of a volcano, from which no one has ever returned] I'll go up there into that temple. I'll face danger.

        Algernon 'Algy' Shaw: I knew you would.

        Wellington Pflug, aka Moola: I don't care if the boogeyman's in there.

        Algernon 'Algy' Shaw: Thatta boy.

        Wellington Pflug, aka Moola: There's only one thing I want you to do.

        Algernon 'Algy' Shaw: What's that?

        Wellington Pflug, aka Moola: Talk me out of it.

      • Connections
        Edited into Song of the Sarong (1945)
      • Soundtracks
        Do I Worry
        (uncredited)

        Written by Stanley Cowan and Bobby Worth

        Played and sung by The Ink Spots at the Seaside Yacht Club

      User reviews30

      Review
      Top review
      7/10
      Sexy Comic Romp; Abbot and Costello; Send-Up of Polynesian Films
      This is a classic of its sort, and well-remembered. What the viewer needs to know about all comedy-duo films is that they are screwball sub-genre works. In order for a comedic team to be effective in any narrative, one of them or the other has to be behaving not normally but 'normatively'--in the way a normative human should act, at any given time... If both act out-of--character for an adult, the result will be unsustainable parody. This is my favorite Abbot and Costello feature as a writer because, for once the writers, including True Boardman, Nat Perrin and John Grant gave the team a good storyline about whose solid core they can construct their funny routines. The film is a revue with an excuse or a musical played for comedy; or it is a farce with music and comedy; but note that the pace is more leisurely than one would see today, yet the purpose of the film remains clear--to entertain. The entire story-line also is a satirical look at the white-god-in-Polynesia storyline; the "god" here is short, cherubic and gormless Lou Costello. The story begins with two lower-class types in early wartime needing to make off with a city bus, then stowing away on a chartered yacht, and ending up with the others aboard on a uncharted island. Never mind why this is necessary; without all three gimmicks, they would still be on mean streets somewhere scrabbling for dimes. The musical comedy that follows is fantasy, corn, maltreatment of Costello by Abbott, sight-gags, run-ins with beautiful girls, teasing the local bully, a villain nicely-played for laughs, and interactions with the other passengers including a pair of intelligent young-lovers-in-the-making. The plot concerns Costello ending by saving the sacred ruby of Mantua from the bad guys, plus some famous songs, hilarious comedy routines, tap dancing numbers, one very sexy dance number, and Costello's attempts not to be done in by the criminals. "Vingo Jingo" is wonderful, "Lovely Luana" and "Island of the Moon" are well-staged. And much more about this charmingly-photographed film entertains; it was never intended to be taken seriously, but it was intended to take up an hour and a half of escape from WWII--which it is what it still provides, regardless of what one is trying not to notice for a while. The film has many pretty girls, good actors and a variety of visual and musical treats. The production is first-rate by anyone's standards; it was expensive and looks it. Gowns by Vera West, Milton Krasner as cinematographer, art direction by Jack Otterson, set decoration by Russell A. Gausman, and music (both original by Frank Skinner plus new songs and songs that are known) make it a feast for the eye and the ear alike. in my opinion Director Erle C. Kenton also had a good cast to work with. In addition to the comedy leads in top form--they always looked better outdoors--the cast boasts Robert Paige and Virginia Bruce, Lionel Atwill as the villain, William Demarest, Nan Wynn, Leif Ericson extremely funny as the local bully, Samuel S. Hinds, Marie McDonald, Elaine Morey, The Ink Spots, Sig Arno, the dance team of Tip, Tap and Toe, George Chandler and others. This is a very-often-imitated film, and one rediscovered whenever it is shown on television by those unused to an era of professional entertainment; it is perhaps likely to delight anyone who simply starts watching it and finds out how much innocent fun a screwball comedy-musical can be, when set where the sarong is the customary mode of dress.
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      • Jul 14, 2005

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      • Release date
        • August 7, 1942 (United States)
      • Country of origin
        • United States
      • Language
        • English
      • Also known as
        • Road to Montezuma
      • Filming locations
        • Salton Sea, California, USA
      • Production companies
        • Mayfair Productions Inc.
        • Universal Pictures
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      • Budget
        • $400,000 (estimated)
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 24 minutes
      • Color
        • Black and White
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.37 : 1

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