☆ ☆ ½
Abbott
and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955) – C. Lamont
Speaking of cartoonish…! The last of the comedy duo’s many movies for
Universal finds them meeting yet another one of the studio’s classic monsters
(although a cut-rate version here, for sure).
Not much has changed, as the two are still bumbling idiots; Lou more so
than Bud, of course – but the latter still cooks up the plans that never work,
mostly because the former creates trouble wherever he goes. Marie Windsor (a film noir favourite) is on
hand as a bad girl after Klaris the mummy’s medallion – which Lou has
accidentally swallowed. As you do. The mummy has a cult and a cult leader and
they also need the medallion. Naturally,
the mummy is also alive and on the prowl.
Things get rather silly, riffing on all things Egypt (rope trick, snake
charming, hidden tombs, OK that’s it).
Some might say it’s all too stupid, but I was amused. For the kind of guy who is only going to
watch one Abbott and Costello movie a decade, this was perfectly acceptable.
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