Comedy · United States of America · 1955 · 1h 20m

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops poster
Director
Charles Lamont
Cast
Bud Abbott as Harry 'Slim' Pierce Lou Costello as Willie 'Tubby' Piper Fred Clark as Joseph Gorman - aka Sergei Toumanoff Lynn Bari as Leota Van Cleef Maxie Rosenbloom as Hinds Harold Goodwin as Cameraman
Crew
Reggie Lanning — Director of Photography Edward Curtiss — Editor Herman Stein — Original Music Composer William Lava — Original Music Composer Henry Mancini — Original Music Composer John Grant — Writer
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
con manslapstick comedycon artistpolice chasehollywoodblack and whitesilent filmbiplanekeystone kopsmovie studio
Key Collaborators
Charles Lamont Director Reggie Lanning Director of Photography Edward Curtiss Editor Herman Stein Original Music Composer William Lava Original Music Composer Henry Mancini Original Music Composer John Grant Writer Lee Loeb Story Howard Christie Producer Jay A. Morley Jr. Costume Design
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