Africa Screams (1949)

Abbott And costello

When bookseller Buzz cons Diana into thinking fellow bookseller Stanley knows a great deal about Africa they are abducted and ordered to lead Diana and her henchmen to an African tribe. After encounters with lion tamers, giant apes and a wild river, Buzz returns to America. Stanley finds diamonds and buys the store they once worked for, hiring Buzz as its elevator operator.

Africa Screams (1949)

 Directed by 

Charles Barton

Writing credits Earl Baldwin Martin Ragaway

Complete credited cast: Bud Abbott .... Buzz Johnson Lou Costello .... Stanley Livington Clyde Beatty .... Himself Frank Buck .... Himself Max Baer .... Grappler McCoy Buddy Baer .... Boots Wilson Hillary Brooke .... Diana Emerson Shemp Howard .... Gunner Joe Besser .... Harry Burt Wenland .... Bobo (as Burton Wenland) rest of cast listed alphabetically: Charles Gemora .... The Ape (as Charlie Gemora)

Also Known As: Abbott and Costello in Africa Runtime: 79 min / Argentina:82 min Country: USA Language: English Color: Black and White Sound Mix: Mono (RCA Sound System) Certification: Argentina:Atp / Australia:G (alternate rating) / Australia:PG / Finland:S / UK:U

Trivia: There is a scene where Abbott & Costello are talking in their tent and Joe Besser dashes into the tent, grabs a glass of water and dashes out again. He repeats this several times until Abbott stops him and asks why he's so thirsty. Besser replies that he's not thirsty, it's that his tent is on fire. That was based on an incident in Lou Costello's childhood, when he accidentally set some clothes in his bedroom on fire. His father was in the living room, which was between the kitchen and Lou's bedroom. Costello, not wanting to let his father know that he had set his room on fire, dashed back and forth between the kitchen and his bedroom with glasses of water until his father finally asked what he was doing, whereupon Costello was forced to tell what he had done.

Entered by Paul Wilson