Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops Theatrical Poster
Directed by	Charles Lamont
Produced by	Hoawrd Christie
Written by	John Grant Lee Loeb
Starring	Bud Abbott Lou Costello Fred Clark Mack Sennett Joe Besser
Music by	Joseph Gershenson
Editing by	Edward Curtiss
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	January 31, 1955
Running time	78 min.
Language	English
Budget	$743,000
Preceded by	Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
Followed by	Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
IMDb profile

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After the film was completed, Universal wanted to rename it Abbott and Costello in the Stunt Men, as they didn't think that the "Keystone Kops" were relevant anymore. However, in October, 1954, they relented and agreed to use the "Keystone Kops" name.^[1] Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios), a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is one of the major American film studios that has production studios and offices located at 100 Universal City Plaza Drive in Universal City, California, an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County between Los Angeles...

Plot

Harry Pierce (Bud Abbott) and his friend, Willie Piper (Lou Costello), invest $5,000 in a motion picture studio. They are sold a deed to the Edison Studio by a con man, Joe Gorman (Fred Clark), who immediately skips town with his girlfriend, Leota Van Cleef (Lynn Bari). They head to Hollywood where he poses as a European director, Sergei Toumanoff, who plans to make a film staring Leota. Meanwhile, Harry and Willie, chase Gorman across the country in hopes of getting their investment back when they discover that the deed they were sold is worthless. They hop off a freight train near Los Angeles and stumble into the western film that Toumanoff is making. He is furious with their interruption, but the head of the studio that is making the film, Mr. Snavely (Frank Wilcox) hires them after being impressed with their stunt work. William Alexander “Bud” Abbott (October 2, 1895 – April 24, 1974) was an American actor, producer and comedian born in Asbury Park, New Jersey. ... Lou Costello, born Louis Francis Cristillo, March 6, 1906 - March 3, 1959), was an American actor and comedian best known as half of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, with Bud Abbott. ... The Black Maria was Thomas Edisons movie production studio, built in West Orange, New Jersey, completed in February, 1893 at a cost of $637. ... Clark in his film debut, The Unsuspected (1947) Frederick Leonard Clark (born March 19, 1914; died December 5, 1968) was an American film character actor. ... Bari in The Amazing Mr. ...

Toumanoff plots to dispose of Harry and Wille before they find out who he really is, and he arranges for Willie to double for Leota during a dangerous airplane stunt. His cohort, Hinds (Maxie Rosenbloom), sabotages their parachute and arranges for live bullets to be fired at them from the other plane in the scene, however Harry and Willie manage to escape. Mr. Snavely views the film of them aboard the plane and decides that they would make a great comedy team and hires them and assigns Toumanoff to direct them. Toumanoff is against the idea, but Snavely knows that Toumanoff is really Gorman and he has arranged for everyone that has been swindled to get their money back if Toumanoff agrees, which he does. Gorman and Leota then go about robbing the studio safe of $75,000, but are discovered by Harry and Willie and they begin a chase. They studio's Keystone Kops are asked by Harry and Willie to assist in the chase, as they believe that they are real policemen. The Kops decide to follow them, because they think that they are part of their team, and the chase makes it way out onto the city streets until they arrive at the airport where Gorman and Leota are captured. Unfortunately, the money is blown away by the wind generated from the plane's propeller. Maxie Rosenbloom, born September 6, 1903 in Harlem, New York City, United States – died March 6, 1976 in South Pasadena, California, was a boxing champion and film actor. ...

Production

Filming ran from June 7 through July 9, 1954 and included a cameo by Costello's daughter, Carole, as a theater cashier. June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Trivia

Mack Sennett appears in a cameo in this film as himself. Charlie Chaplin was still alive at the time of this film, and he would have probably appeared in it, had he not been exiled to Switzerland in 1952. Mack Sennett (1880 - 1960) Mack Sennett (January 17, 1880 – November 5, 1960) was an innovator of slapstick comedy in film. ... Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr. ...

DVD Releases

October 4, 2005

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Reference

External links

• Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops at the Internet Movie Database