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Lou Costello plays a country bumpkin vacuum-cleaner salesman, working for the company run by the crooked Bud Abbott. To try to keep him under his thumb, Abbott convinces Costello that he's a crackerjack salesman. This comedy is somewhat... See more »
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Eddie L. Morrison / T.S. Chandler
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Benny Miller
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Miss Ruby Burke
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Hazel Temple Morrison (as Jacqueline de Wit)
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Clarence Goodring
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Martha Hill
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Ma Miller
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P.S. Van Loon
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Pullman Conductor
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Gus Anderson - Salesman
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O'Brien - Salesman
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Salesman
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Larry, Salesman
Beatrice Gray ...
Miss King
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Mrs. Hendrickson
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Air-pump customer (as Sidney Fields)
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Driver at Air-Pump (scenesDeleted)
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Salesman (uncredited)
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Lost Motorist (uncredited)
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Jim's Wife (uncredited)
Tom Coleman ...
Man in Stockton Office (uncredited)
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Hotel Valet (uncredited)
Pat Costello ...
Customer (uncredited)
William 'Red' Donahue ...
Mr. Perkins (uncredited)
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Passenger in Lower Berth #6 (uncredited)
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Secretary (uncredited)
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Policeman (uncredited)
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Hercules - Male Model (uncredited)
Donald Kerr ...
Salesman (uncredited)
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Housewife (uncredited)
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Information Receptionist (uncredited)
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Ceremony Attendee (uncredited)
Anne O'Neal ...
Benny's First Customer (uncredited)
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Jim (uncredited)
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Joe - Bartender (uncredited)
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Prof. Watkins (uncredited) (voice)

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William A. Seiter

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Walter DeLeon ... (screenplay) (as Walter De Leon)
 
Paul Jarrico ... (story) and
Richard Collins ... (story)
 
Charles R. Marion ... (adaptation) (uncredited)

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Joseph Gershenson ... producer (as Joe Gershenson)

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Edgar Fairchild

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Charles Van Enger ... director of photography

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Fred R. Feitshans Jr.

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John B. Goodman
Martin Obzina

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Russell A. Gausman
Edward R. Robinson ... (as E.R. Robinson)

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Vera West ... (gowns)

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Carmen Dirigo ... hair stylist
Jack P. Pierce ... makeup director
Russell Drake ... makeup artist (uncredited)

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Seward Webb ... assistant director

Sound Department

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Bernard B. Brown ... sound director
Robert Pritchard ... sound

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David S. Horsley ... transparencies (uncredited)

Stunts

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Pat Costello ... stunts (uncredited)

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Harold I. Smith ... second camera operator (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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Edgar Fairchild ... musical director
Ethmer Roten ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

Lou Costello plays a country bumpkin vacuum-cleaner salesman, working for the company run by the crooked Bud Abbott. To try to keep him under his thumb, Abbott convinces Costello that he's a crackerjack salesman. This comedy is somewhat like The Time of Their Lives (1946), in that Abbott and Costello don't have much screen time together and there are very few vaudeville bits woven into the plot. Written by Dan Weckerly

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Taglines A Riot of FUN! See more »
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Also Known As
  • The Boy Wonder (United States)
  • On the Carpet (United Kingdom)
  • Deux nigauds vendeurs (France)
  • Zwei Sprengstoffverkäufer (Germany)
  • El pequeño fenómeno (Spain)
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  • 91 min
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Trivia When Lou Costello is mistaken for a male model and forced to strip, there is a very visible bandage on his right arm; that was to mask the bracelet containing the name of his baby son, who died in 1943, which the comic had welded closed so it could never be removed. See more »
Goofs Abbott's toupee shifts noticeably during the "7 times 13 = 28" scene. (The "shift" is due to the fact that the scene was filmed after principal photography was completed. It was felt that at least one classic "routine" had to be inserted into the picture. You will notice that Lou is also heavier during this footage. Also filmed at this time was the routine with Sidney Fields, replacing a less confrontational sequence filmed with Eddy Waller.) See more »
Movie Connections Edited into 7x13=28 (2020). See more »
Soundtracks Alma Mater Song See more »
Quotes Benny Miller: Lady, I come to sell you something you don't want.
Woman: NO!
[slams the door on him]
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