Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

February. 02,1955      
Rating:
6.3
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Harry and Willie are scammed into buying the Thomas Edison studio lot by a man named Gorman. They decide to follow Gorman's trail to Hollywood where, unbeknownst to them, he has taken the identity of a foreign film director. The lads wind up as stunt doubles in film the which Gorman is now shooting, while the conman tries to have the bungling pair done away with before they realize who he really is.

Bud Abbott as  Harry 'Slim' Pierce
Lou Costello as  Willie 'Tubby' Piper
Fred Clark as  Joseph Gorman - aka Sergei Toumanoff
Lynn Bari as  Leota Van Cleef
Maxie Rosenbloom as  Hinds
Harold Goodwin as  Cameraman
Roscoe Ates as  Wagon Driver
Mack Sennett as  Mack Sennett
Heinie Conklin as  Studio Guard
Hank Mann as  Prop Man

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