Pardon My Sarong (1942)

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.

Director:

Erle C. Kenton

Writers:

True Boardman (original screen play), Nat Perrin (original screen play)

Stars:

Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Virginia Bruce

1 nomination.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Bud Abbott	...	Algy Shaw
Lou Costello	...	Wellington Pflug
Virginia Bruce	...	Joan Marshall
Robert Paige	...	Tommy Layton
Lionel Atwill	...	Varnoff
Leif Erickson	...	Whaba (as Leif Erikson)
Nan Wynn	...	Luana
William Demarest	...	Detective Kendall
Samuel S. Hinds	...	Chief Kolua
Marie McDonald	...	Ferna
Janet Warren	...	Amo (as Elaine Morey)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
The Ink Spots	...	(as The Four Ink Spots)
Maria Montez	...	(scenes deleted)
Tip Tap & Toe	...	(as Tip Tap and Toe)

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

seal the animal | bus | island | bus driver | playboy | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Musical | Romance

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 August 1942 (USA)

Also Known As:

Road to Montezuma

Filming Locations:

Salton Sea, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$400,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mayfair Productions Inc., Universal Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film provided the only instance in the career of Abbott and Costello wherein Bud Abbott received a solo spot, revealing his comedic talents apart from serving as 'straight man' to Lou Costello. The magician act he and Costello perform with William Demarest as their victim broke tradition by allowing the team to work separately as comics using a third as their straight man.

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Goofs

During the drink switching scene between Lou Costello and Whaba, Lou 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.

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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.

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Connections

Edited into Song of the Sarong (1945)

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Soundtracks

Island of the Moon
(1942) (uncredited)
Written by Don Raye and Gene de Paul
Sung by an offscreen chorus at the end

User Reviews

"I'm entitled to half of that bean."

Abbott and Costello play bus drivers who steal their company's bus to chauffeur playboy Robert Paige and his lady friends around. Detective William Demarest chases after them. Through a series of events Bud, Lou, Paige, and Virginia Bruce wind up on a tropical island where Lionel Atwill is up to no good. Among the island natives are Leif Erickson (!) and Samuel S. Hinds (!!), as well as gorgeous Nan Wynn. She sings a couple of nice songs and there's also some great musical numbers from the Ink Spots and Tip, Tap, Toe. Romantic subplot with Paige and Bruce is one of those tired old "she hates him but she really likes him" things. It's putrid and the worst part of the movie. Virginia's nice to look at, though. The comedy is good, with Abbott & Costello getting to do some funny bits with William Demarest in the first half. Once it moves to the island Bud kind of fades into the background and it's Lou's show from then on. This is a pretty good A&C movie. Not their funniest but funny enough with some nice music and a good supporting cast to help out. It's completely impossible for any movie with both William Demarest and Lionel Atwill in it to be bad.