Abbott and Costello in Africa Screams

UPC: 844503000415

Studio: Legend Films

Summary: Bud Abbott and Lou Costello temporarily leave their usual Universal stamping grounds to star in the Huntington Hartford production Africa Screams. Costello plays the colorfully inept Stanley Livingstone, a meek book salesman who poses as a big-game hunter at the behest of his shifty pal Buzz Johnson (Abbott). It's all part of a scheme to extract some money from adventuress Diana Emerson (Hillary Brooke), who intends to search for a lost diamond mine in the heart of Africa. It seems that Stanley has committed to memory a long out-of-print book which contained a map to the mine. Despite his mortal fear of wild animals, Stanley accompanies Buzz, Diana, and Diana's henchmen on the African expedition. The subsequent comic complications involve a legendary giant gorilla, a cannibal tribe, and a friendly orangutan who falls in love with Stanley. Animal trainer Clyde Beatty and big-game tracker Frank Buck make cameo appearances while character comics Shemp Howard and Joe Besser provide laughs as, respectively, a nearsighted gunman and a sissified flunky. Also on hand are boxer brothers Max Baer and Buddy Baer, who engage in an amusingly unconvincing display of fisticuffs. But the film belongs to Abbott & Costello, who are in fine form. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Category: Comedy

Abbott and Costello in Africa Screams

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 01/01/2007

Audio: DDM2.0 Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo

Language(s) English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Abbott & Costello In Africa Screams
1. The Mystery Map [6:58]
2. Safari Plans [10:41]
3. Off to Africa [2:49]
4. Strategic Maneuvers [6:54]
5. On the "Hunt" [4:22]
6. Dances with Alligators and Lions [5:50]
7. Native Encounter [7:56]
8. The New Stanley [9:10]

Cast and Crew: Earl W. Baldwin  Screenwriter 
Charles Barton  Director 
Edward Nassour  Producer 
Walter Schumann  Composer (Music Score) 
Huntington Hartford  Producer 
Bud Abbott  Actor 
Lou Costello  Actor 
Hillary Brooke  Actor 
Max Baer  Actor 
Buddy Baer  Actor 
Clyde Beatty  Actor 
Frank Buck  Actor 
Shemp Howard  Actor 
Joe Besser  Actor 

Country: USA