Abbott und Costello treffen Frankenstein
Originaltitel: Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
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IHRE BEWERTUNG
Chuck und Wilbur müssen, zu ihrem Entsetzen, feststellen, das Dracula, das Frankenstein Monster und der Wolfsmenschen, sehr lebendig sind.Chuck und Wilbur müssen, zu ihrem Entsetzen, feststellen, das Dracula, das Frankenstein Monster und der Wolfsmenschen, sehr lebendig sind.Chuck und Wilbur müssen, zu ihrem Entsetzen, feststellen, das Dracula, das Frankenstein Monster und der Wolfsmenschen, sehr lebendig sind.
- Auszeichnungen
- 4 Gewinne & 2 Nominierungen
Lon Chaney Jr.
- Lawrence Talbot
- (as Lon Chaney)
- …
Bobby Barber
- Waiter
- (Nicht genannt)
George Barton
- Man at Costume Party
- (Nicht genannt)
Harry Brown
- Photographer
- (Nicht genannt)
Charles Irwin
- London Policeman
- (Archivfilmmaterial)
- (Nicht genannt)
Joe Kirk
- Man at Costume Party in Fez
- (Nicht genannt)
Howard Negley
- Harris - Insurance Man
- (Nicht genannt)
Vincent Price
- The Invisible Man
- (Synchronisation)
- (Nicht genannt)
Carl Sklover
- Man at Costume Party
- (Nicht genannt)
Helen Spring
- Woman at Baggage Counter
- (Nicht genannt)
- Regie
- Charles Barton
- Walter Lantz(animation sequences) (Nicht genannt)
- Drehbuch
- Komplette Besetzung und alle Crew-Mitglieder
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Handlung
WUSSTEST DU SCHON:
- WissenswertesLou Costello didn't want to make the movie, declaring, "No way I'll do that crap. My little girl could write something better than this." A $50,000 advance in salary and the signing of director Charles Barton, the team's good friend and the man some call their best director, convinced him otherwise.
- PatzerAfter Wilbur knocks the bundles containing their masquerade costumes out of Chick's arms and tries to dance with him, Chick say's "Come on, pick up these bundles and get dressed." Wilbur strides out of the frame without his bundle but he has it in his hand as he strides into the next shot.
- Zitate
Chick Young: What's the matter?
Larry Talbot: I know you'll think I'm crazy, but... in a half-an-hour the moon will rise and I'll turn into a wolf.
Wilbur Grey: You and 20 million other guys!
- Crazy CreditsCharles Bradstreet is credited as Dr. Stevens, but his character is never once called "Doctor." He is always referred to as Professor Stevens.
- Alternative VersionenFor its original release, the Australian film board required that almost every scene involving a monster be removed before release.
- VerbindungenEdited from Frankenstein trifft den Wolfsmenschen (1943)
Ausgewählte Rezension
Knowing How It Worked
Knowing how it worked back in the day, I'm sure Universal had no inkling that they were creating a comedy classic and the best known Abbott and Costello feature besides Buck Privates. Universal's reputation was built on these Gothic horror classics like Frankenstein, Dracula, and the Wolfman and their many incarnations. So I'm sure the decision was to give their horror sets some work and combine the genres.
They made a very funny film, but in the process killed the horror genre. Please note that there were very few straight horror sequels done after Abbott and Costello finished with these monsters. By becoming the butt of Bud and Lou's burlesque humor, they somehow lost the power to truly frighten. It took the British Hammer Film Studio to revive the genre in the Fifties with some more up to date special effects.
Bud and Lou are a couple of delivery men, working for what I guess was UPS at the time and they lose a couple of crates consigned to Frank Ferguson's Amusement house of horrors. But they didn't exactly lose them. The crates contained the bodies of the real Dracula and real Frankenstein monster played by Bela Lugosi and Glenn Strange. And they walked off on poor Costello and no one will believe him.
Except of course Lon Chaney, Jr. playing Lawrence Talbot, concerned citizen by day and werewolf at night when the moon is full. After that it's a merry chase after these monsters as Dracula decides that Costello has a brain perfect for the Frankenstein monster's body.
Of course it would be another 30 years or so before Mel Brooks realized the full implication of that. I think Costello might have consented to the operation had he realized.
It's reported by Lou Costello's daughter Chris that her dad wasn't totally convinced this film was going to work out for the team. Everyone around him told him he was never funnier, but Costello didn't believe it until Universal started counting the box office receipts.
So a cheaply made comedy, utilizing existing sets makes a mint. Come to think of it, that was what Buck Privates also did.
They made a very funny film, but in the process killed the horror genre. Please note that there were very few straight horror sequels done after Abbott and Costello finished with these monsters. By becoming the butt of Bud and Lou's burlesque humor, they somehow lost the power to truly frighten. It took the British Hammer Film Studio to revive the genre in the Fifties with some more up to date special effects.
Bud and Lou are a couple of delivery men, working for what I guess was UPS at the time and they lose a couple of crates consigned to Frank Ferguson's Amusement house of horrors. But they didn't exactly lose them. The crates contained the bodies of the real Dracula and real Frankenstein monster played by Bela Lugosi and Glenn Strange. And they walked off on poor Costello and no one will believe him.
Except of course Lon Chaney, Jr. playing Lawrence Talbot, concerned citizen by day and werewolf at night when the moon is full. After that it's a merry chase after these monsters as Dracula decides that Costello has a brain perfect for the Frankenstein monster's body.
Of course it would be another 30 years or so before Mel Brooks realized the full implication of that. I think Costello might have consented to the operation had he realized.
It's reported by Lou Costello's daughter Chris that her dad wasn't totally convinced this film was going to work out for the team. Everyone around him told him he was never funnier, but Costello didn't believe it until Universal started counting the box office receipts.
So a cheaply made comedy, utilizing existing sets makes a mint. Come to think of it, that was what Buck Privates also did.
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- 29. Juni 2006
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- Budget
- 800.000 $ (geschätzt)
- Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
- 4.796.000 $
- Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
- 4.812.444 $
- Laufzeit1 Stunde 23 Minuten
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By what name was Abbott und Costello treffen Frankenstein (1948) officially released in India in English?
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