Hit the Ice

Hit the Ice

82 mins | Comedy | June 2, 1943

Flash Fulton (Bud Abbott) and Weejie McCoy (Lou Costello) take pictures of a bank robbery. Lured to the mountain resort hideout of the robbers and accompanied by Dr. Bill Elliott (Patric Knowles) and Peggy Osborn (Elyse Knox), they also meet old friend Johnny Long (Johnny Long) and his band and singer Marcia Manning (Ginny Simms). Dr. Elliott and Peggy are being held in a remote cabin by the robbers, but Weejie rescues them by turning himself into a human snowball that becomes an avalanche that engulfs the crooks.

Hit the Ice

82 mins | Comedy | June 2, 1943

Hit the Ice
Flash Fulton (Bud Abbott) and Weejie McCoy (Lou Costello) take pictures of a bank robbery. Lured to the mountain resort hideout of the robbers and accompanied by Dr. Bill Elliott (Patric Knowles) and Peggy Osborn (Elyse Knox), they also meet old friend Johnny Long (Johnny Long) and his band and singer Marcia Manning (Ginny Simms). Dr. Elliott and Peggy are being held in a remote cabin by the robbers, but Weejie rescues them by turning himself into a human snowball that becomes an avalanche that engulfs the crooks.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Universal Pictures
Original title Hit the Ice
Directors Charles Lamont
Writers True Eames Boardman, Frederic I. Rinaldo, Robert Lees, John Grant

Cast

Bud Abbott

as Flash Fulton

Lou Costello

as Weejie 'Tubby' McCoy

Ginny Simms

as Marcia Manning

Patric Knowles

as Dr. William 'Bill' Burns

Elyse Knox

as Nurse Peggy Osborne

Joe Sawyer

as Buster - Silky's Henchman

Marc Lawrence

as Phil - Silky's Henchman

Sheldon Leonard

as Harry 'Silky' Fellowsby

Johnny Long

as Orchestra Leader

Bobby Barber

as Candy Butcher (uncredited)

Hank Bell

as Sleigh Driver (uncredited)

Wade Boteler

as Train Conductor #2 (uncredited)

Cordelia Campbell

as Child Skater (uncredited)

Ken Christy

as Fire Chief (uncredited)

Joseph Crehan

as Train Conductor #1 (uncredited)

Eddie Dunn

as Officer Murphy (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty

as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

Joel Fluellen

as Club Car Bartender (uncredited)

Jack Gardner

as Reporter (uncredited)

Edward Gargan

as Bank Policeman (uncredited)

Art Miles

as Man in Bear Suit (uncredited)

Mantan Moreland

as Porter with Snowshoes (uncredited)

Eddie Parker

as Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

Rebel Randall

as Woman in Bed with Tubby (uncredited)

Suzanne Ridgway

as Pretty Nurse Pursued by Flash (uncredited)

William Ruhl

as Sheriff (uncredited)

Virginia Sale

as Nurse who Faints (uncredited)

Dan Seymour

as Resort Chef (uncredited)

Harry Strang

as Train Check-in Gateman (uncredited)

Four Teens

as Speciality Act (uncredited)

Nick Thompson

as Husband (uncredited)

Minerva Urecal

as Wife at Hospital (uncredited)

Dorothy Vaughan

as Nurse #1 (uncredited)

Billy Wayne

as Man in Bed with Tubby (uncredited)

Gene Williams

as Orchestra Singer (uncredited)

Helen Young

as Orchestra Singer (uncredited)