The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Lou Costello plays a country bumpkin vacuum-cleaner salesman, working for the company run by the crooked Bud Abbott. To try to keep him under his thumb, Abbott convinces Costello that he's a crackerjack salesman. This comedy is somewhat like "The Time of Their Lives," in that Abbott and Costello don't have much screen time together and there are very few vaudeville bits woven into the plot.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
23 audience votes
Key crew
- William A. SeiterDirector
- Walter DeLeonScreenplay
- Edgar FairchildOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Bud AbbottEddie L. Morrison / T.S. Chandler
- Lou CostelloBenny Miller
- Jacqueline deWitHazel Temple Morrison
- Brenda JoyceMiss Ruby Burke
- George ClevelandClarence Goodring
- Elena VerdugoMartha Hill
- Mary GordonMa Miller
- Pierre WatkinP.S. Van Loon
- Donald MacBrideThe conductor
- Victor KilianGus Anderson (salesman)
- George ChandlerO'Brien (salesman)
- Joe KirkSalesman
Stills
Themes
con mansalesmanblack and whitetreacheryvacuum cleaner