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28 titles. Sort by List order. 1. Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff. 1949 1h 24m Approved. 6.7 (4.2K) Rate. Two employees of a secluded hotel investigate a murder on the premises in which the goofy bellboy is the prime suspect. Director Charles Barton Stars Bud Abbott Lou Costello Boris Karloff. 2.
Abbott and Costello were an American comedy duo composed of comedians Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, whose work in radio, film, and television made them the most popular comedy team of the 1940s and 1950s, and the highest-paid entertainers in the world during the Second World War.
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- The Time Of Their Lives (1946) Though Abbott and Costello movies often followed similar plots and reused the same jokes, The Time of Their Lives was a surprisingly adventurous outing.
- Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) - 7.4. Mirroring Universal's classic monsters crossover movies like Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, the comedy spoof Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein essentially put a hilarious period on the original Universal monsters cycle.
- Hold That Ghost (1941) Perfectly in their element as fish-out-of-water characters in way over their heads, Hold That Ghost continued the cinematic trends that would serve Abbott and Costello throughout their careers.
- Who Done It? (1942) No genre was safe from the comedic spoofing of Abbott and Costello, and Who Done It? saw them take aim at the ever-popular murder mystery.
A compilation of clips from 19 Abbott and Costello features: The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947), In the Navy (1941), Hit the Ice (1943), Who Done It?
- Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Bela Lugosi. 212 votes. In the first of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello's horror vehicles for Universal Pictures, the inimitable comic duo star as railway baggage handlers in northern Florida.
- Hold That Ghost. Lou Costello, Bud Abbott, Shemp Howard. 171 votes. Hold That Ghost is a 1941 comedy horror film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello and featuring Joan Davis, Evelyn Ankers, and Richard Carlson.
- Who Done It? Lou Costello, Bud Abbott, Mary Wickes. 136 votes. is a 1942 comedy-mystery film starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello.
- Buck Privates. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, The Andrews Sisters. 138 votes. When two sidewalk salesmen, Slicker Smith (Bud Abbott) and Herbie Brown (Lou Costello), duck into a theater to avoid being busted by the cops, they never expect it will lead to their enlisting in the army.
When their captain is swindled out of his riverboat by a trio of gamblers, stage show star Abbott and his bumbling sidekick Costello must put things right.
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Aug 30, 2023 · In total, Abbott and Costello made 36 films together between 1940 and 1956. Abbott and Costello's best films account for some of the funniest comedies of all time. RELATED: 10 Greatest Classic Screwball Comedies, Ranked. 10 Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
