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Abbott & Costello In The Foreign Legion.

Bud Jones (Bud Abbott) and Lou Hotchkiss (Lou Costello) are wrestling promoters. Their star, Abdullah, no longer wishes to follow the script for their crooked matches. Abdullah's cousin, Sheik Hamud El Khalid (Douglass Dumbrille) and a crooked Foreign Legionnaire, Sgt. Axmann (Walter Slezak) have been raiding a railroad construction site in order to extort "protection" money from the railroad company. When Bud and Lou arrive they are mistaken for company spies, and the Sheik and Axmann attempt to murder them. As each attempt fails, the assassins

Credits

Directed by
Charles Lamont
Written by
John Grant, Leonard B. Stern, Martin Ragaway
Cast
Walter Slezak, Patricia Medina, Lou Costello, Bud Abbott, Douglass Dumbrille, Leon Belasco, Henry Corden, Marc Lawrence, Tor Johnson
Produced by
Robert Arthur
Cinematography
George Robinson

Copyright

© Universal Pictures Co., Inc.; 11Aug50; LP266.

Complete catalog record
ABBOTT & COSTELLO IN THE FOREIGN LEGION. Universal International, 1950. 80 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. © Universal Pictures Co., Inc.; 11Aug50; LP266.

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, catalog record, copyright
  2. United World Films, Inc. 16mm Sound Motion Pictures Catalog, 1954-1955 — title, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits
  3. 16mm Filmography editors — country, genre, description, credits

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