Movie: "Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion"
| Release Date: | Feb 1950 |
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| Genres: | Comedy / Adventure |
| Runtime: | 80 min. |
| Cast: | Bud Abbott (Bud Jones), Lou Costello (Lou Hotchkiss) Patricia Medina (Nicole Dupre) Walter Slezak (Sgt. Axmann) Douglass Dumbrille (Sheik Hamud El Khalid) Leon Belasco (Hassam) Marc Lawrence (Frankie the Loan Shark) William 'Wee Willie' Davis (Abdullah (as Wee Willie Davis)) Tor Johnson (Abou Ben) Sammy Menacker ('Bert' Bertram (as Sam Mancker)) Jack Raymond (Ali Ami) Fred Nurney (Commandant) Paul Fierro (Ibn) Henry Corden (Ibrim) Bobby Barber (Arab on Jeep's Hood (uncredited)) Guy Beach (Saleem with False Teeth (uncredited)) Candy Candido (Skeleton (voice) (uncredited)) Jeff Chandler (Narrator (voice) (uncredited)) John Cliff (Man (uncredited)) David Gorcey (Newsboy (uncredited)) Chuck Hamilton (Thug (uncredited)) Charmienne Harker (Arab Girl (uncredited)) Ted Hecht (Kool Haven proprietor (uncredited)) Ernesto Morelli (Thug (uncredited)) Alberto Morin (Lieutenant (uncredited)) Buddy Roosevelt (Orderly (uncredited)) Dan Seymour (Josef (uncredited)) Mahmud Shaikhaly (Referee (uncredited)) Jack Shutta (Thug (uncredited)) Harry Wilson (Thug (uncredited)) |
Storyline: 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").
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