Genre: War, Comedy, Musical, Sea, Buddies, Deception, Police, Slapstick, Military, World War II, Escape
Tagline: The Navy's All At Sea...With Those Riotous "BUCK PRIVATES"!
Plot: In this classic comedy, Abbott and Costello star, respectively, as Smokey Adams and Pomeroy "Pommey" Watson, two Navy sailors bound for duty on the high seas. They befriend Russ Raymond a famous, though reluctant, singing star who joins the Navy to escape the limelight for a quiet enlisted life. Unfortunately, an ambitious magazine reporter catches on to his plan, and eagerly works to expose the singer for a big story. Amidst the humorous chaos of shipboard life and the plot to expose Raymond, Adams causes conflict with Watson's girlfriend when he encourages him to lie in his love letters.
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Arthur Lubin
Phantom of the Opera, The Incredible Mr. Limpet, Abbott and Costello: Hold That Ghost |
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Bud Abbott
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Terror in the Aisles, Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy |
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Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy, Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man | Dick Powell
The Bad and the Beautiful, 42nd Street, Murder, My Sweet | | Patty Andrews
Abbott and Costello: Hold That Ghost, Road to Rio, Hollywood Canteen | Dick Foran
Fort Apache, The Petrified Forest, Donovan's Reef | Maxene Andrews
Abbott and Costello: Hold That Ghost, Road to Rio, Hollywood Canteen | |
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Frank Skinner
Harvey, Saboteur, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein |
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