Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

"Slapstick chases!... Pies in faces!... Shapely beauts in bathing suits!"

Feb 21 1955 Approved 1h 20m
Comedy

Harry and Willie are scammed into buying the Thomas Edison studio lot by a man named Gorman. They decide to follow Gorman's trail to Hollywood where, unbeknownst to them, he has taken the identity of a foreign film director. The lads wind up as stunt doubles in film the which Gorman is now shooting, while the conman tries to have the bungling pair done away with before they realize who he really is.

Plot

Harry and Willie buy the Edison Movie Studio in the year 1912 from Joseph Gorman, a confidence man. They follow Gorman to Hollywood where, as stunt men, they find him directing movies as Sergei Trumanoff and stealing the studio payroll.

Written by

John Grant, Lee Loeb

Directed by

Charles Lamont

Cast

Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Fred Clark

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Universal International Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

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Trailers
A&C meets the Keystone Cops trailer HD
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