While filming "Hold That Ghost", "Buck Privates" was released and became such a huge hit that UNiversal halted the production of the former film and decided to make another "military comedy" with Abbott & Costello.
In this little gem Bud and Lou are two hapless men stuck in the Navy. Dick Powell stars as a handsome singer who is trying to hide from all of his fans by changing his name from Russ Raymond to Thomas Halstead by joining the Navy.
Meanwhile a reporter named Dorothy Roberts (Claire Dodd) is hot on Raymond's trail. Pomeroy Watson (Lou Costello) and Smokey Adams (Bud Abbott) help Russ out as best they can while involving him in many shenanigans.
There are many classic set pieces in this classic film including the hidden lemon trick and the 13X7=28 gag that is priceless and really more in tune to how people do math in the real world in 2019!!
The rest of the cast for this great little film includes Dick Foran, The Andrews Sisters, Ken Brown and Shemp Howard. If you're an A7C fan you don't want to miss this timeless classic.
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