Comin' Round The Mountain
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| Directed by | Charles Lamont |
| Produced by | Howard Christie |
| Written by | Robert Lees Frederic Riedel |
| Starring | Bud Abbott Lou Costello Dorothy Shay Kirby Grant Glenn Strange Margaret Hamilton |
| Music by | Joseph Gershenson |
| Editing by | Edward Curtiss |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | June 18, 1951 |
| Running time | 77 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $648,000 |
| Preceded by | Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) |
| Followed by | Jack and the Beanstalk (1952) |
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Comin' Round The Mountain is a 1951 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello.
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[edit] Plot
A theatrical agent, Al Stewart (Bud Abbott), has successfully booked his client, Dorothy McCoy (Dorothy Shay), at the Manhattan Hillbilly, a popular nightclub. Unfortunately he has also booked an inept escape artist, The Great Wilbert (Lou Costello), at the same place. During his performace he cannot escape from his shackles and screams for help. It is then that Dorothy recgonizes that sound, it is the 'McCoy clan yell'. More evidence can be found in Wilbert's dressing room, a photograph and a concertina. They prove that he is the long-lost grandson of 'Squeeze Box' McCoy, leader of the McCoy clan. Granny McCoy (Ida Moore) has been looking for Wilbert, as she will only reveal where 'Squeeze Box' hid his gold to 'kin folk' of 'Squeeze Box'. Al, Dorothy, and Wilbert head to Kentucky where she tells the story of the feud between the McCoy's and the Winfield's that started over sixty years ago.
When they arrive at the McCoy home, they are greeted by a large family, and they choose Wilbert to represent them against Devil Dan Winfield (Glenn Strange) in a turkey shoot. Wilbert has never seen a gun before, and his carelessness leads to the feud starting all over again. Later, Granny informs Wilbert that even though he is kin to 'Squeeze Box', he must get married before she reveals the hiding spot of the gold. He asks Dorothy buts she refuses, as she is in love with Clark Winfield (Kirby Grant). Wilbert then heads to Aunt Huddy (Margaret Hamilton) to obtain a love potion for him to use on Dorothy. While obtaining the love potion, Huddy and Wilbert make vodoo dolls of each other and proceed to stick pins in them, which inflicts pain in the other person. Eventually they give up, and after obtaining the potion, Wilbert gets on her broom (complete with windshield and wipers) and flies through the door and crashes into a tree.
The potion works fine, as she falls for him, but everyone winds up drinking the concoction and falling in love. The potion eventually fades and Clark and Dorothy prepart to marry, and not long after the Winfield clan arrive, ready to fight. A stray bullet breaks the love potion jar and Devil Dan tastes it and falls for Wilbert. Soon afterwards, a map is found in Wilbert's concertina that leads the way to the gold. Devil Dan helps them enter the mine, and eventually they break into the rock and find themselves in a vault filled with gold. Not long after, armed guards enter and arrest them, as they have just broken into Fort Knox.
[edit] Trivia
- It was filmed from January 15 through February 12, 1951.
- This film was shot almost entirely in sequence.[1]
[edit] Routines
- You're forty, she's Ten, first seen in Buck Privates, was included in this film.
[edit] DVD Release
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[edit] References
- ^ Furmanek, Bob and Ron Palumbo (1991). Abbott and Costello in Hollywood. New York: Perigee Books. ISBN 978-0-399-51605-4
[edit] External links
One Night in the Tropics • Buck Privates • In The Navy • Hold That Ghost • Keep 'Em Flying • Ride 'Em Cowboy • Rio Rita • Pardon My Sarong • Who Done It? • It Ain't Hay • Hit The Ice • In Society • Lost in a Harem • Here Come The Co-Eds • The Naughty Nineties • Abbott and Costello in Hollywood • Little Giant • The Time of Their Lives • Buck Privates Come Home • The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap • The Noose Hangs High • Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein • Mexican Hayride • Africa Screams • Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff • Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion • Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man • Comin' Round The Mountain • Jack and the Beanstalk • Lost in Alaska • Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd • Abbott and Costello Go to Mars • Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde • Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops • Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy • Dance With Me Henry • The World of Abbott and Costello
Lou Costello solo film: The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
