Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops Movie Review 1954

It's 1912 and the boys are bilked into buying a fake movie studio by a clever con man. When they find out they've been tricked, the duo head to Hollywood to track him down and find out the crook is trying to cheat Sennett's film company. Sennett himself trained A&C and the new Keystone Kops in their recreations of his silent screen routines. Good final chase sequence but the earlier work is tired.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 79 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Slapstick Comedy, Screen Teams: Abbott & Costello, Filmmaking, Period Piece: 1910s, Scams, Stings & Cons

Screenplay

John Grant

Cast

Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Fred Clark, Lynn Bari, Mack Sennett, Maxie "Slapsie" Rosenbloom, Frank Wilcox, Harold Goodwin

Cinematography

Reggie Lanning

Director

Charles Lamont

Music

Joseph Gershenson

Producer

Howard Christie, Universal Pictures