Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion

Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion

80 mins | Comedy, Adventure | Aug. 5, 1950

Jonesy and Lou are in Algeria looking for a wrestler they are promoting. Sergeant Axmann tricks them into joining the Foreign Legion, after which they discover Axmann's collaboration with the nasty Sheik Hamud El Khalid. Bits include Lou's mirage sightings, one a New York newsboy ("they gave me a bad corner").

Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion

80 mins | Comedy, Adventure | Aug. 5, 1950

Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
Jonesy and Lou are in Algeria looking for a wrestler they are promoting. Sergeant Axmann tricks them into joining the Foreign Legion, after which they discover Axmann's collaboration with the nasty Sheik Hamud El Khalid. Bits include Lou's mirage sightings, one a New York newsboy ("they gave me a bad corner").
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Universal International Pictures
Original title Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
Directors Charles Lamont
Writers Martin Ragaway, D.D. Beauchamp, Leonard B. Stern, John Grant

Cast

Bud Abbott

as Bud Jones

Lou Costello

as Lou Hotchkiss

Patricia Medina

as Nicole Dupre

Walter Slezak

as Sgt. Axmann

Douglass Dumbrille

as Sheik Hamud El Khalid

Leon Belasco

as Hassam--Auctioneer

Marc Lawrence

as Frankie

Tor Johnson

as Abou Ben

Sammy Menacker

as Bertram the Magnificent

Jack Raymond

as Ali Ami

Fred Nurney

as Commandant

Paul Fierro

as Ibn

Henry Corden

as Ibrim

Eric Alden

as Arab (uncredited)

Bobby Barber

as Arab on Jeep's Hood (uncredited)

Baynes Barron

as Orderly (uncredited)

Guy Beach

as Saleem with False Teeth (uncredited)

Barry Brooks

as Private (uncredited)

Candy Candido

as Skeleton (uncredited) (voice)

Jeff Chandler

as Narrator (uncredited) (voice)

John Cliff

as Lieutenant (uncredited)

Jack Davidson

as Thug (uncredited)

Bob Evans

as Corporal (uncredited)

David Gorcey

as Newsboy (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

as Thug (uncredited)

Charmienne Harker

as Arab Girl (uncredited)

Ted Hecht

as Arab Proprietor (uncredited)

George Magrill

as Corporal (uncredited)

Frank Malet

as Corporal (uncredited)

Ernesto Molinari

as Thug (uncredited)

Alberto Morin

as Lieutenant (uncredited)

Peter Ortiz

as Corporal (uncredited)

Ann Robinson

as Bathing Suit Girl in Mirage (uncredited)

Buddy Roosevelt

as Orderly (uncredited)

Jack Roper

as Guard (uncredited)

Dan Seymour

as Josef (uncredited)

Mahmud Shaikhaly

as Referee (uncredited)

Jack Shutta

as Thug (uncredited)

Harry Wilson

as Thug (uncredited)

Guy Zanette

as Corporal (uncredited)