Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

Infobox Film
name = Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops


caption = "Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops" Theatrical Poster
director = Charles Lamont
producer = Hoawrd Christie
writer = John Grant
Lee Loeb
starring = Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Fred Clark
Mack Sennett
Joe Besser
music = Joseph Gershenson
cinematography =
editing = Edward Curtiss
distributor = Universal Pictures
released = January 31, 1955
runtime = 78 min.
language = English
budget = $743,000
preceded_by = "Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1953)
followed_by = "Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy" (1955)
imdb_id = 0047794

"Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops" is a 1955 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello.

After the film was completed, Universal wanted to rename it "Abbott and Costello in the Stunt Men", because they did not consider the "Keystone Kops" to be relevant anymore. However, in October, 1954, the studio relented and agreed to use the "Keystone Kops" name. [Furmanek, Bob and Ron Palumbo (1991). "Abbott and Costello in Hollywood". New York: Perigee Books. ISBN 0-399-51605-0]

Plot

Harry Pierce (Bud Abbott) and his friend, Willie Piper (Lou Costello), invest $5,000 in a motion picture studio. They are sold a deed to the Edison Studio by a con man, Joe Gorman (Fred Clark), who immediately leaves town with his girlfriend, Leota Van Cleef (Lynn Bari). The couple heads to Hollywood where he poses as a European director, Sergei Toumanoff, who plans to make a film starring Leota. Meanwhile, Harry and Willie pursue Gorman across the country in hopes of getting their money back after learning that the deed they purchased is worthless. They hop off a freight train near Los Angeles and stumble onto the set of the western film that Toumanoff happens to be directing. He is furious with the interruption, but the head of the movie studio, Mr. Snavely (Frank Wilcox), hires Harry and Willie because he is impressed with their "stunt work".

Toumanoff plots to dispose of Harry and Wille before they can learn his true identity, and he arranges for Willie to double for Leota during a dangerous airplane stunt. His cohort, Hinds (Maxie Rosenbloom), sabotages their parachute and arranges for live bullets to be fired from the other plane in the scene, but Harry and Willie manage to avoid harm. After viewing the film of the airplane stunt, Snavely decides that Harry and Willie would make a great comedy team, and assigns a visibly annoyed Toumanoff to direct them in a film. (Snavely is aware that Toumanoff is actually Gorman, and has arranged for everyone that has been swindled to get their money back if Toumanoff agrees, which he does). Gorman and Leota then go about robbing the studio safe of $75,000, but are discovered by Harry and Willie, who give chase. The studio's Keystone Kops are asked by Harry and Willie, who believe that they are real policemen, to assist in the chase. The Kops decide to play along, believing that they are on the same work team. The chase progresses onto the city streets before ending at an airport where the swindlers are finally captured. Unfortunately, the stolen money is blown away by the wind generated by the airplane's propeller.

Production

Filming ran from June 7 through July 9, 1954 and included cameos by Costello's daughter, Carole, as a theater cashier and Mack Sennett as himself.

DVD Releases

References

External links

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