Lou Costello — Actor (12)
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
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Charles Lamont actor: Bud Abbott / Lou Costello …
other title: Abbott und Costello als Gangsterschreck / Deux nigauds et les flics …
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.
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Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
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Charles Lamont actor: Bud Abbott / Lou Costello …
other title: Kidd il pirata / Abbott und Costello als Piraten wider Willen …
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.
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Who Done It? (1942)
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Erle C. Kenton actor: Bud Abbott / Lou Costello …
other title: Gianni e Pinotto detectives / Deux nigauds détectives …
Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio station, they end up in the middle of a real murder when the station owner is killed during a broadcast.
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Africa Screams (1949)
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Charles Barton actor: Bud Abbott / Lou Costello …
other title: Africa strilla / Abbott und Costello Verrücktes Afrika …
When bookseller Buzz cons Diana into thinking that his friend Stanley knows all there is to know about Africa, they are abducted and ordered to lead Diana and her henchmen to an African tribe in search of a fortune in jewels.
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)
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Charles Barton actor: Bud Abbott / Lou Costello …
other title: Gianni e Pinotto e l'assassino misterioso / Deux nigauds chez les tueurs …
Lost Caverns Hotel bellhop Freddie Phillips is suspected of murder. Swami Talpur tries to hypnotize Freddie into confessing, but Freddie is too stupid for the plot to work. Inspector Wellman uses Freddie to get the killer (and it isn't the Swami).
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The Time of Their Lives (1946)
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Charles Barton actor: Bud Abbott / Lou Costello …
other title: Se ci sei batti due colpi / Deux Nigauds dans le manoir hanté …
Two ghosts, who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War, return to 20th century New England to retrieve a letter from George Washington which would prove their innocence.
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The Naughty Nineties (1945)
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Jean Yarbrough actor: Bud Abbott / Lou Costello …
other title: L'arca di Noè / Tramposos entrampados …
In the gay '90s, cardsharps take over a Mississippi riverboat from a kindly captain. Their first act is to change the showboat into a floating gambling house. A ham actor and his bumbling sidekick try to devise a way to help the captain regain ownership of the vessel.
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Buck Privates (1941)
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Arthur Lubin actor: Bud Abbott / Lou Costello …
other title: Gianni e Pinotto reclute / Deux nigauds soldats …
Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A rich young man and his former working class chauffeur are not only in the same unit, they're vying for a pretty girl who seems attracted to both.