18 May 1967
The Plank
A slapstick comedy about two workmen delivering planks to a building site. This is done with music and a sort of "wordless dialogue" which consists of a few mumbled sounds to convey the appropriate emotion.
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Slapstick chases!... Pies in faces!... Shapely beauts in bathing suits!
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.
Top Billed Cast
Bud Abbott Harry 'Slim' Pierce
Lou Costello Willie 'Tubby' Piper
Fred Clark Joseph Gorman - aka Sergei Toumanoff
Lynn Bari Leota Van Cleef
Maxie Rosenbloom Hinds
Harold Goodwin Cameraman
Roscoe Ates Wagon Driver
Heinie Conklin Studio Guard
Hank Mann Prop Man
Joe Devlin Mike (uncredited)
Paul Dubov Jason (uncredited)
Donald Kerr Harvey (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox Rudolph Snavely (uncredited)
Bess Flowers Dancer in Restaurant scene (uncredited)
Colin Campbell Elderly Guard (uncredited)
Joe Besser Hunter (uncredited)
Marjorie Bennett Movie Patron (uncredited)
Bob Jellison Movie Patron (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien Movie Patron (uncredited)
Sam Flint Railroad Conductor (uncredited)
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