Abbott und Costello als Gangsterschreck (1955)

Abbott und Costello als Gangsterschreck: Directed by Charles Lamont. With Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Fred Clark, Lynn Bari. 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.

“Set in 1920s where Costello buys a studio from a conman then spends half the film travelling with Abbott across America then the last half working as a stuntman ina studio where for some reason they presume the conman is hiding – how they come to this conclusion is never explained. This film has boring spots such as the mistaken identity bit where Abbott dresses as a burglar and Costello the cop where naturally an identical looking burgular and cop are prowling. The highlight is of course the comic chase at the end which is certainly fun to watch. Fred Clark is good as the conman. Listen for the background laughter when costello falls over in Mr Snavelyu0026#39;s office. When the boys are in the train, Costello looks out and reads the sign and says u0026quot;Harry, weu0026#39;re in Los Angeles alreadyu0026quot; from the camerau0026#39;s angle this looks true but Costellou0026#39;s head is right out of the door so there is no reason for him to make this mistake which donu0026#39;t make sense. Also When they jump into the carraige full of cows and Costello keeps boucing out look for the trampoline he is jumping on and when they buy the studio, the old man who greets them saysu0026quot;This is one of the 1st motion picture studio pictures ever built. It dates back to 1895, it isnu0026#39;t used anymoreu0026quot; Maybe that is the case in 1955 when the film was made but the film was set in the 1920s so the studio wouldnu0026#39;t be that old. The girl in the cashieru0026#39;s window at the start of the film is Costellou0026#39;s 15 year old daughter. This film isnu0026#39;t too bad, they made worse. It just isnu0026#39;t very funny.”