Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)

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Release Date: Feb 19, 1950 Wide

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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello play wrestling promoters whose star attraction, Wee Willie Davis, skips town to return to his home in Arabia. While scouring the desert in search of Davis, Bud and Lou inadvertently purchase slave girl Patricia Medina, and with equal inadvertence join the Foreign Legion. In their own bumbling, inept fashion, our heroes manage to foil a desert uprising fomented by shiek Douglas Dumbrille and traitorous Legion commandant Walter Slezak. The film's highlights include an

Unrated, 1 hr. 19 min.

Action & Adventure, Classics, Comedy

Directed By: Charles Lamont

In Theaters: Feb 19, 1950 Wide

On DVD: Jun 29, 1994

Cast

Bud Abbott
Jonesy
Lou Costello
Lou Hotchkiss
Patricia Medina
Nicole
Walter Slezak
Axmann
Douglas Dumbrille
Hamud El Khalid
Leon Belasco
Hassam
Marc Lawrence I
Frankie
William "Wee Willie" Davi...
Abdullah
Tor Johnson
Abou Ben
Jack Raymond
Ali Ami
Fred Nurney
Commandant
Paul Fierro
Ibn
Henry Corden
Ibrim
David Gorcey
Newsboy
Chuck Hamilton
Thugs
Ted Hecht
Proprietor
Alberto Morin
Lieutenant
Buddy Roosevelt
Orderly
Dan Seymour
Josef
Guy Beach
Saleem
Charmienne Harker
Arab Girl
Ernesto Morelli
Jack Shutta
Bobby Barker
Man
Sammy Menacker
Bertram

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The beginning of the end for the comedy team, but it does have some hilarious moments.

February 17, 2008 Comment

Steve Crum

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Again, not their best effort, but still a worthy endeavor. It's quick paced and ridiculous, just like you want these films to be.

August 19, 2004 Full Review Source: Needcoffee.com

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In this film Bud and Lou get there first taste in being outside the US, Its comical to see what wasn't political correct in these days. The are on a quest to find a wrestler who broke his contract and left New York for his home tribe in Algiers. Comedy is there but again not like some of there other films. 3 stars

September 23, 2011