Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy is an American feature film of the comedy genre with some elements of horror. It was directed by Charles Lamont with a screenplay written by John Grant based on a story treatment by Lee Loeb. It was produced by Universal International Pictures and premiered in the United States on June 23rd, 1955. The movie stars the comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the respective roles of Pete Patterson and Freddie Franklin.

Notes & Trivia

 * Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955) redirects to this page.


 * The tagline for this film is "It has been said that a man's best friend is his mummy..."


 * Production on Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy began on October 28th, 1954. Principal filming concluded on November 24th, 1954.


 * This movie was released in the United Kingdom by General Film Distributors.


 * There are a total of twelve credited cast members in this film, not counting Chandra Kaly and His Dancers, and The Mazzone-Abbott Dancers.


 * Film editor Russell F. Schoengarth is credited as Russell Schoengarth in this film.


 * Actor Eddie Parker is credited as Edwin Parker in this film.


 * Paul Marion played a native in this film, but his scenes were deleted.


 * This is the fifth and final of the Abbott and Costello "Meet" films following Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in 1953.


 * This film uses stock audio samples from previous Universal Monsters movies that were composed by Hans J. Salter, Irving Gertz, Henry Mancini, and Lou Maury.


 * Director Charles Lamont also directed Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man, and Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.


 * The primary setting for this film is Cairo, Egypt.


 * The name of the mummy in this film is Klaris, who is a play on Kharis, the mummy played by Lon Chaney, Jr. and featured in most of the original Universal Monsters films.


 * Actor Mel Welles will later go on to play a cook in the 1986 sci-fi/horror movie Chopping Mall.

Recommendations

 * Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
 * Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
 * Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
 * Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde