Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
“Slapstick chases!... Pies in faces!... Shapely beauts in bathing suits!”
1955•1h 20m•6.2•Released
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.
Director
Charles Lamont
Writer
John Grant
Budget
$0M
Languages
English
Studio
Universal International Pictures
Cast
Bud Abbott
Harry 'Slim' Pierce
Lou Costello
Willie 'Tubby' Piper
Fred Clark
Joseph Gorman - aka Sergei Toumanoff
Lynn Bari
Leota Van Cleef
Maxie Rosenbloom
Hinds
Harold Goodwin
Cameraman
Roscoe Ates
Wagon Driver
Mack Sennett
Mack Sennett
Heinie Conklin
Studio Guard
Hank Mann
Prop Man
Joe Devlin
Mike (uncredited)
Paul Dubov
Jason (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Harvey (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox
Rudolph Snavely (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Dancer in Restaurant scene (uncredited)
Production
Company
Universal International Pictures
Producer
Howard Christie
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