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Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
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| Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy | |
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 Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy Theatrical Poster |
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| Directed by | Charles Lamont |
| Produced by | Howard Christie |
| Written by | John Grant |
| Starring | Bud Abbott Lou Costello Marie Windsor Michael Ansara |
| Music by | Joseph Gershenson |
| Editing by | Russell Schoengarth |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | May 23, 1955 (U.S. release) |
| Running time | 79 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $738,000 |
| Preceded by | The Mummy's Curse (1944) Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955) |
| Followed by | Dance With Me Henry (1956) |
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy is a 1955 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. It is also the 28th and final Abbott and Costello film produced by Universal Pictures.
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Freddie Franklin (Lou Costello) and Peter Patterson (Bud Abbott) are Americans who are stranded in Cairo, Egypt. The overhear Dr. Gustav Zoomer (Kurt Katch) talking about the mummy Klaris, the guardian of the Tomb of Princess Ara. Apparantely the mummy has a sacred medallion that shows where the treasure of Princess Ara can be found. Two other groups also overhear, the Followers of Klaris, led by Semu (Richard Deacon) and Madame Rontru (Marie Windsor). Pete and Freddie decide to go to the doctor's house to apply for the position to accompany the mummy back to America. However, Semu's men, Iben (Mel Welles) and Hetsut (Richard Karlan) murder the doctor just before Pete and Freddie arrive and steal the mummy. However, the medallion is left behind and Pete and Freddie find it.
They attempt to sell the medallion and Rontru offers them $100. However, Pete knows it is worth more and askd for $5,000, which Rontru agrees to. She tells them to meet her at the Cairo Cafe, where they learn from their waiter that the medallion is cursed. They frantically try to give it to one another, until it winds up in Freddie's hamburger and he swallows it. Rontru arrives and drags them to a doctor's office to get a look at the medallion under a fluroscope. However, she cannot read the directions on the medallion as they are in hieroglyphics. Semu arrives, telling eveyone he is an archelogist, and offers to guide them all to the tomb. Meanwhile, Semu's followers have returned life to Klaris.
They arrive at the tomb, where Freddie learns of Semu's plans to kill them all. Rontru captures Semu, and one of her men, Charlie (Michael Ansara), disguises himself as a mummy and enters the temple. Pete follows suit and also disguises himself as a mummy and he and Freddie rescue Semu. Eventually all three mummies are in the same place at the same time, and the dynamite that Rontru intended to use to find the treasure detonates, killing Klaris and revealing the treasure. Freddie and Pete convince Semu to turn the temple into a nightclub to preserve the legend of Klaris.
- It was filmed from October 28 through November 24, 1954.
- This was the last film that Abbott and Costello made for Universal Pictures, although Universal released a compilation film of clips from their films, titled The World of Abbott and Costello in 1965.
- In previous Universal Mummy films, the mummy was called "Kharis." In this film it is called "Klaris."
- Although Abbott and Costello were called "Pete and Freddie" in the script and in the closing credits, they used their real names on screen during filming.
- The day after filming completed, on November 25, 1954, Abbott and Costello arrived in New York City to ride on the first float of the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
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