“Africa Screams” is an adventure comedy film starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello as two men who are tricked by a conniving businesswoman into traveling to Africa on the premise of going on safari, but with her secret intention of searching for a diamond mine. The hilarity proceeds from there, skillfully guided by director Charles Barton (“Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” 1948) and writers Earl Baldwin, Martin Ragaway, and Leonard B. Stern.
Co-stars include Hillary Brooke, Max Baer, Buddy Baer, Shemp Howard, Joe Besser, Clyde Beatty, Frank Buck, Burton Wenland, and Charles Gemora as the ape. The watchable “Africa Screams” was successful at the box office for producers Huntington Hartford and Edward Nassour, Huntington Hartford Productions, Nassour Studios, and United Artists. Bud Abbot and Lou Costello made 37 films together from 1940 to 1956.
Africa Screams (1949)
cinema
My Review
“Africa Screams” is an adventure comedy film starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello as two men who are tricked by a conniving businesswoman into traveling to Africa on the premise of going on safari, but with her secret intention of searching for a diamond mine. The hilarity proceeds from there, skillfully guided by director Charles Barton (“Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” 1948) and writers Earl Baldwin, Martin Ragaway, and Leonard B. Stern.
Co-stars include Hillary Brooke, Max Baer, Buddy Baer, Shemp Howard, Joe Besser, Clyde Beatty, Frank Buck, Burton Wenland, and Charles Gemora as the ape. The watchable “Africa Screams” was successful at the box office for producers Huntington Hartford and Edward Nassour, Huntington Hartford Productions, Nassour Studios, and United Artists. Bud Abbot and Lou Costello made 37 films together from 1940 to 1956.