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Director:
Charles Lamont
Writers:
D.D. Beauchamp (story)
John Grant (writer) ...
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Release Date:
19 February 1950 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Comedy more
Tagline:
THEIR FIRST IN A YEAR...THEIR FUNNIEST BY FAR! (original print ad - all caps) more
Plot:
Jonesy and Lou are in Algeria looking for a wrestler they are promoting. Sergeant Axmann tricks them into joining the Foreign Legion... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
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Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)
Bud Abbott ... Bud Jones
Lou Costello ... Lou Hotchkiss
Patricia Medina ... Nicole Dupre
Walter Slezak ... Sgt. Axmann
Douglass Dumbrille ... Sheik Hamud El Khalid
Leon Belasco ... Hassam
Marc Lawrence ... Frankie the Loan Shark
William 'Wee Willie' Davis ... Abdullah (as Wee Willie Davis)
Tor Johnson ... Abou Ben
Sammy Menacker ... 'Bert' Bertram (as Sam Mancker)
Jack Raymond ... Ali Ami
Fred Nurney ... Commandant
Paul Fierro ... Ibn
Henry Corden ... Ibrim
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Bobby Barber ... Arab on Jeep's Hood (uncredited)
Guy Beach ... Saleem with False Teeth (uncredited)
Candy Candido ... Skeleton (voice) (uncredited)
Jeff Chandler ... Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
John Cliff ... Man (uncredited)
David Gorcey ... Newsboy (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton ... Thug (uncredited)

Charmienne Harker ... Arab Girl (uncredited)
Ted Hecht ... Kool Haven proprietor (uncredited)
Ernesto Morelli ... Thug (uncredited)
Alberto Morin ... Lieutenant (uncredited)
Buddy Roosevelt ... Orderly (uncredited)
Dan Seymour ... Josef (uncredited)
Mahmud Shaikhaly ... Referee (uncredited)
Jack Shutta ... Thug (uncredited)
Harry Wilson ... Thug (uncredited)
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Directed by
Charles Lamont 
 
Writing credits
D.D. Beauchamp (story)

John Grant (writer) &
Martin Ragaway (writer) &
Leonard Stern (writer)

Produced by
Robert Arthur .... producer
 
Cinematography by
George Robinson 
 
Film Editing by
Frank Gross 
 
Art Direction by
Bernard Herzbrun 
Eric Orbom 
 
Set Decoration by
Russell A. Gausman 
Ray Jeffers 
 
Makeup Department
Joan St. Oegger .... hair stylist
Bud Westmore .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Edward Dodds .... production manager (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Milton Carter .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Leslie I. Carey .... sound
Robert Pritchard .... sound
 
Special Effects by
David S. Horsley .... special photographic effects
Carl Lee .... special effects (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Charles Cowie .... grip (uncredited)
Eddie Jones .... still photographer (uncredited)
Irving Smith .... gaffer (uncredited)
Lloyd Ward .... camera operator (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Joseph Gershenson .... musical director
Daniele Amfitheatrof .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Elizabeth Firestone .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Johnny Green .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Hans J. Salter .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Paul Sawtell .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Walter Scharf .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Walter Schumann .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Frank Skinner .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Edward Ward .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Mahmud Shaikhaly .... technical advisor
Betty A. Griffin .... script supervisor (uncredited)
 
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Foreign Legion (USA) (short title)
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Runtime:
80 min | Argentina:85 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Australia:G | Argentina:Atp | Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #14654) | Sweden:15
Company:
Universal International Pictures (UI) more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Bud Jones: What's the idea of teaching midgets to wrestle?
Lou Hotchkiss: They're for those small television sets.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The World of Abbott and Costello (1965) more

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Its Abbott and Costello, it ain't Henry V, 2 June 2002
Author: Noel Bailey (uds3@hotmail.com) from Longmont: Colorado US

Okayish piece of nonsense wherein Bud and Lou are on the case of a wrestler in Algiers. Not their greatest work (or their worst). Some laughs, some groans but hey, did anyone ever have the pathos of poor old Lou?

Some funny stuff when the dynamicless duo are lost in the desert. Few cornball gags and some really really crappy production effects. It was obviously shot principally in a studio and it shows!

Next please!

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