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Director
  
Sidney Miller

Screenplay
  
Gene Wood

Duration
  

Language
  
English

6.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy

Producer
  
Milton Subotsky

Country
  
United States

The World of Abbott and Costello movie poster

Release date
  
April 8, 1965 (1965-04-08)

Writer
  
Gene Wood (narration writer)

Cast
  
Jack E. Leonard
(Narrator),
Bud Abbott
(Character in Film Clips (archive footage)),
Lou Costello
(Character in Film Clips (archive footage))

Similar movies
  
Lou Costello and Bud Abbott appear in The World of Abbott and Costello and Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

The World of Abbott and Costello is a 1965 American compilation film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello.

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Plot

This film is a compilation of scenes from eighteen films that Abbott and Costello made for Universal Pictures between 1941 and 1955. Comedian Jack E. Leonard provides the narration for the film, which incorporates scenes from the following films:

  • Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
  • Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
  • Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
  • Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
  • Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
  • Buck Privates
  • Buck Privates Come Home
  • Comin' Round The Mountain
  • Hit The Ice
  • In Society
  • In The Navy
  • The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
  • Little Giant
  • Lost in Alaska
  • Mexican Hayride
  • The Naughty Nineties
  • Ride 'Em Cowboy
  • Who Done It?

    • Prior compilation appearance

  • A year earlier, MGM Pictures released a compilation film, MGM's Big Parade of Comedy, which includes a scene from the Abbott and Costello film, Rio Rita.

    • Theatrical and home media releases

    The World of Abbott and Costello was theatrically released by Universal Pictures in 1965 as part of a double feature with McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force. This film has been released twice on DVD: the first time, on The Best of Abbott and Costello Volume Four, on October 4, 2005, and again on October 28, 2008 as part of Abbott and Costello: The Complete Universal Pictures Collection.

    References

    The World of Abbott and Costello Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    The World of Abbott and Costello IMDb The World of Abbott and Costello themoviedb.org


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