Bud Abbott Archives

7.1

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

Two hapless freight handlers find themselves encountering Dracula, the Frankenstein Monster and the Wolf Man.

NR

7.1

1948 Comedy 83 min Play

TV 6.3

The Abbott and Costello Show

Bud and Lou are unemployed actors living in Mr. Fields’ boarding house. Lou’s girlfriend Hillary lives across the hall. Many situations arise leading to slapstick and puns.

NR CBS

6.3

1952 Comedy 30 min Play

5.1

Dance With Me, Henry

Bud and Lou are the owners of the amusement park Kiddieland. Bud, a compulsive gambler, gets in trouble with the mob, and Lou finds himself struggling to keep his adopted children. When Bud is forced to make a shady deal, Lou tries to arrange a deal with the DA, but winds up framed for murder.

NR

5.1

1956 Comedy 79 min Play

6.5

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

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.

NR

6.5

1955 Comedy 80 min Play

6.3

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

When the murder of an archaeologist puts a valuable medallion into their hands, Abbott and Costello waste little time in trying to sell it, only to find themselves pursued by police, a slinky adventuress, an Egyptian high priest, and the mummy himself.

NR

6.3

1955 Comedy 79 min Play

5.5

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

Lester and Orville accidentally launch a rocket which is supposed to fly to Mars. Instead it goes to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. They are then forced by bank robber Mugsy and his pal Harry to fly to Venus where they find a civilization made up entirely of women, men having been banished.

NR

5.5

1953 Comedy 77 min Play

6.6

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Abbott and Costello, two bumbling American cops on exchange in London, hunt for Mr. Hyde—the monster that has been terrorizing the city.

NR

6.6

1953 Comedy 76 min Play

6.1

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd

Two hapless waiters in a tavern on the Spanish Main play cupid between aristocratic Lady Jane and tavern co-worker Bruce Martindale, but the two bumpkins mix-up a love letter with Captain Kidd's treasure map of Skull Island, leading to them being kidnapped and taken off to the notorious pirate's island.

NR

6.1

1952 Adventure 70 min Play

6.5

Lost in Alaska

After two volunteer firemen rescue a gold prospector from suicide, they discover discover that the police mistakenly want them for murder.

NR

6.5

1952 Comedy 76 min Play

5.8

Jack and the Beanstalk

A young boy trades the family cow for magic beans.

NR

5.8

1952 Comedy 70 min Play

6.5

Comin’ Round the Mountain

Bud and Lou get mixed up with hillbillies, witches and love potions.

NR

6.5

1951 Comedy 77 min Play

6.8

Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Boxer Tommy Nelson is accused of killing his manager. While detectives Bud and Lou investigate they come across an invisibility formula with which Tommy injects himself rather than face the police. This sparks an idea for trapping gangster Morgan by having Lou fight champ Rocky Hanlon, with Tommy's invisible help

NR

6.8

1951 Comedy 82 min Play

6.4

Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion

Jonesy and Lou are in Algeria looking for a wrestler they are promoting. Sergeant Axmann tricks them into joining the Foreign Legion, after which they discover Axmann's collaboration with the nasty Sheik Hamud El Khalid. Bits include Lou's mirage sightings, one a New York newsboy ("they gave me a bad corner").

NR

6.4

1950 Comedy 80 min Play