Africa strilla

Titolo originale: Africa Screams

1949
T
1h 19min

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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Africa strilla (1949)

Abbott & Costello search for diamonds in Africa, along the way meeting a visually-impaired gunner, a hungry lion, and a tribe of cannibals...

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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaTwo booksellers search for diamonds in Africa, along the way meeting a visually-impaired gunner, a hungry lion, and a tribe of cannibals.Two booksellers search for diamonds in Africa, along the way meeting a visually-impaired gunner, a hungry lion, and a tribe of cannibals.Two booksellers search for diamonds in Africa, along the way meeting a visually-impaired gunner, a hungry lion, and a tribe of cannibals.

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VALUTAZIONE IMDb

6,0/10

4142

LA TUA VALUTAZIONE

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Bobo
(as Burton Wenland)

Bobby Barber

Chauffeur
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Charles Gemora

The Ape
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Arthur Hecht

Mr. Mercer
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Tanner

Lion
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Bill Walker

Interpreter
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Martin Wilkins

Cannibal Chief
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Regia
- Charles Barton
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Features the only on-screen pairing of Joe Besser and Shemp Howard. Shemp was an original member of The Three Stooges. He left the group and was replaced by his younger brother, Curly Howard. Shemp later returned, replacing Curly, and is generally considered "the fourth stooge". Besser later replaced Shemp, and is considered "the fifth stooge".

Blooper
The "Orangutan Gargantua" is in fact a gorilla, portrayed in exaggerated caricatured fashion. True orangutans are found only in Southeast Asia, not Africa.

Citazioni
Buzz Johnson: I can't understand why you have this terrible fear of animals in you. What is it?
Stanley Livington: When I was a little baby I was scared by my piggy bank.
Buzz Johnson: That's nonsense.
[walks away]
Stanley Livington: [Grabs Buzz] You wanna hear something worse?
Buzz Johnson: What?
Stanley Livington: I was 15 years old before I ate my first animal cracker.

Curiosità sui crediti
End Credit - The Gorilla spells out The End from some lettered blocks.

Versioni alternative
Also available in a computer-colorized version.

Connessioni
Edited into Dark Jungle Theater: Africa Screams (2015)

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Generally Enjoyable Light Comedy

This is a generally enjoyable Abbott and Costello comedy, with a light and often silly feel that nevertheless works well enough. Hillary Brooke adds an elegant presence as their antagonist, and the story makes relatively good use of its comic possibilities.

The plot has the kind of deliberately implausible setup that Bud and Lou usually handled well, as their two characters become part of an African expedition led by the scheming Brooke. Once there, there are plenty of lions and other beasts that get tangled up with the characters. Frank Buck and Clyde Beatty also appear as themselves, although they are mostly only incidental to the story.

Brooke and the Baer brothers, as her henchmen, make their end of things work well, and there are also some good moments from Shemp Howard and Joe Besser. Not all of the comedy ideas are of the same quality, but most of it works well enough as long as you don't take it too seriously.