Abbott And Costello Meet The Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)
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Abbott & Costello: Meet the Killer Boris Karloff [VHS]
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The Best of Bud Abbott & Lou Costello, Vol. 3 [2 Discs]
$22.48 Eight classic comedies starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are collected on this special box set, which presents the films in simple but solid form. The Best of Abbott and Costello, Vol. 3 includes the films Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Mexican Hayride, Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion, Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man, Comin' Round the Mountain, Lost in Alaska, and Abbott and Costello Go to Mars. All eight features have been transferred to disc in the full-frame aspect ratio of 1.33:1, and the audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital Mono. All of the movies are in English, with optional subtitles in Spanish and French. As a bonus, all of the films feature production notes and three of them feature original theatrical trailers. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi |
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
$14.33 Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy is the last of the team's vehicles for Universal-International. Stranded in Egypt, Bud and Lou hire themselves out as travelling companions to archeologist Kurt Katch. Before long, Katch is murdered by a group of cultists, and a medallion, embossed with a map which leads to a sacred burial site, is accidentally swallowed by Costello. The boys become the unwilling pawns of the cultists, led by Richard Deacon, and a greedy adventuress, played by Marie Windsor. The last scene finds Costello being menaced by three mummies, two of them bogus. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi |
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Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
$14.01 It seems that Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi), in league with a beautiful but diabolical lady scientist (Lenore Aubert), needs a "simple, pliable" brain with which to reactivate Frankenstein's creature (Glenn Strange). The "ideal" brain belongs to the hapless Lou Costello, whom the lady doctor woos to gain his confidence and lure him to the operating table. Lawrence Talbot (Lon Chaney Jr.), better known as the Wolf Man, arrives on the scene to warn Costello and his pal Bud Abbott of Dracula's nefarious schemes. Throughout the film, the timorous Costello witnesses the nocturnal rituals of Dracula and the Monster, but can't convince the ever-doubting Abbott--until the wild climax in Dracula's castle, where the comedians are pursued by all three of the film's monstrosities. As a bonus, the Invisible Man (voiced by an unbilled Vincent Price) shows up for "all the excitement." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi |
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Abbott & Costello [2 Discs]
$12.79 Abbott & Costello [2 Discs] |
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Best of Abbott and Costello
$4.24 Best of Abbott and Costello |
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Abbott & Costello Comedy Classics
$9.04 Abbott & Costello Comedy Classics |
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Abbott & Costello Meet Captain Kidd (Remastered)
$16.31 Abbott. Costello. Laughton. Three stars boasting one Oscar between them deliver the yo-ho-ho-ho-ing of this merry musical-comedy tale of pirates and buried treasure. Casting an acclaimed actor renowned for gravitas in a knockabout romp may seem unusual. Yet Academy Award(r) winner* Charles Laughton, who portrayed menacing Captain Bligh in Mutiny on the Bounty and the title role in the swashbuckling adventure Captain Kidd, sails into this sea of silliness with great glee. Instigators of most of that silliness are, of course, the legendary Bud and Lou, turning the voyage under the Jolly Roger into a jollier one with their comic timing, verbal jousts and madcap mayhem. Arrrrrr you ready? 1952/color/70 min/NR/mono/fullscreen. |
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Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
$4.38 Befitting his status as a genre star, Boris Karloff earns top billing over leading man Ralph Byrd in RKO's final Dick Tracy caper. The former Frankenstein monster plays an escaped convict masterminding a daring bank robbery. To get in and out of the bank without being noticed, the gang uses an asphyxiating gas that leaves anyone inside momentarily frozen in place. Everyone, that is, except for bank customer Tess Truehart (Anne Gwynne), who is able to contact Dick Tracy (Byrd) from a phone booth in the bank. With little or no clues, Tracy and his man Friday, Pat Patton (Lyle Latell), question the bank customers but none can shed any light on the mysterious goings-on. The disappearance of Dr. A. Tomic (Milton Parsons) and the odd behavior of his associate, Dr. I.M. Learned (June Clayworth), crack the case wide open, however, and Tracy is eventually able to track down both Gruesome and the surprising identity of his boss, L.E. Thal (Edward Ashley). According to some reports, RKO wanted to release Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome as "Dick Tracy Meets Karloff" but that title was vetoed by Karloff himself. The legendary horror star apparently later accepted his own box-office value and a 1949 Universal comedy was released as Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi |
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Abbott And Costello: Universal Pictures Collection
$97.97 Now, for the first time ever, all 28 films produced during the height of their popularity at Universal Pictures are finally available in one prestigious collection! This DVD collection is filled with some of the most hilarious routines of all time, including "Who's on First?", Two Tens for a Five" and "Mustard." Featuring their most popular movies, such as Buck Privates, Who Done It? and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. Loaded with hours of bonus features and an exclusive collectible book! The ultimate tribute to two of the funniest and most enduring comedians of all time! |
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Legends of Laughter: Abbott & Costello [6 Discs]
$19.78 Special, six-disc collector's set includes extremely rare bloopers from film and TV; The Abbott & Costello Show on radio (1942-49), a 1943 World War II PSA; the feature films Africa Screams (1949) and Jack and the Beanstalk (1952); more than 20 classic movie trailers, charting their careers from 1940-65; and all 14 TV episodes hosted by the duo of the Colgate Comedy Hour (1951-54). Features the duo's top skits and a Who's Who of guest spots from President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Marlene Dietrich and dozens more of classic Hollywood's most-legendary stars! |