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Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
“Slapstick chases!... Pies in faces!... Shapely beauts in bathing suits!”
6.2 / 10• 1955• 1h 20m•NR• English
Comedy
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Bud Abbott
Harry 'Slim' Pierce
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Charles Lamont's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
