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Rating:  -
This was a solid A&C film, the plot dealing with $50,000 stolen by some bad guys. A post-WWII comedy, when the nation was in the mood for light-hearted, non-heavy entertainment.
Rating:  -
Not one of A&C's better works. Their performances are very flat and they are trying to force the laughs.
Rating:  -
I laughed so hard just watching my younger brother laugh it was great. This was the scene where Abbott kept telling Costello to put on his pants to an immediate take them off. This went on for several minutes. Great team humor. It does not exist any more. One of the boys better films.
Rating: -
THE HANGS HIGH (1948)
Eagle-Lion Films Inc.
Release Date: April 5, 1948
Runtime: 77 minutes.
Director:
Charles Barton
Producer(s):
Bud Abbott....Executive Producer (uncredited)
Lou Costello....Executive Producer (uncredited)
Writing Credits:
Julian Blaustein
Bernard Feins
John Grant
Howard Harris
Daniel Taradash
CAST:
Bud Abbott....Ted Higgins
Lou Costello....Homer Hinchcliffe
Joseph Calleia....Nick Craig
Leon Errol....Julius Caesar 'J.C.' McBride
Cathy Downs....Carol Scott
Mike Mazurki....Chuck
Fritz Feld....Psychiatrist
Elvia Allman....Woman (uncredited)
Lois Austin....Woman on Street (uncredited)
Harry Brown....Upson (uncredited)
Fred Browne....Waiter (uncredited)
Ellen Corby....Hilda, the Maid (uncredited)
Irmgard Dawson....Girl (uncredited)
Jimmy Dodd....Messenger (uncredited)
Pat Flagherty....Tough Driver (uncredited)
James Flavin....Traffic Cop (uncredited)
Bess Flowers....Fainting Psychiatrist's Patient (uncredited)
Arno Frey....Headwaiter (uncredited)
Ben Hall....Messenger (uncredited)
Alvin Hammer....Tipster (uncredited)
Russell Hicks....Johnny, Copper Club Manager (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey....Cop (uncredited)
Joe Kirk....Gangster (uncredited)
Lyle Latell....Window Glass Workman (uncredited)
Murray Leonard....H.G. Richards, Crazy Dentist (uncredited)
James Logan....Valet (uncredited)
Jerry Marlowe....Cashier (uncredited)
Vera Martin....Elevator Girl (uncredited)
Paul Maxey....Jewel Proprietor (uncredited)
Ralph Montgomery....Waiter (uncredited)
Joan Myles....Stewart's Secretary (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor....Postman (uncredited)
Oscar Otis....Race Track Announcer (uncredited)
Jack Overman....Joe (uncredited)
Isabel Randolph....Miss Van Buren (uncredited)
Benny Rubin....Chinaman (uncredited)
Sandra Spence....Dentist's Assistant (uncredited)
Minerva Urecal....Husky Woman (uncredited)
Herb Vigran....Man with Coat (uncredited)
Tim Wallace....Cab Driver (uncredited)
Ben Walden....Stewart (uncredited)
Chalky Williams....Cab Driver (uncredited)
Matt Willis....Gangster (uncredited)
Music by:
Walter Schumann
Cinematography by:
Charles Van Enger
Film Editing by:
Harry Reynolds
Assistant Director:
Howard W. Koch
Other Crew:
Irving Friedman....musical director
Armor Marlowe....set director
Plot Summary:
Bud and Lou are Ted Higgins and Homer Hinchcliffe two bumbling window washers hired by gangster Mike Craig to collect a $50,000 gambling debt. The boys manage to pick up the money, only to deliver it to the wrong person, a pretty private secretary named Carol. Ordered to retrieve the money within 24 hours "or else," Ted and Tommy trace the cash to Carol, who has mistakenly distributed it amgonst the entries in a mailing list. As our heroes desparately concoct methods of escaping Craig's wrath, eccentric gambler Julius Caesar McBride, the man who "never loses," comes to the rescue.
ROUTINES & HILARIOUS MOMENTS:
Dentist Scene
Dress/Undress Routine
Mudder/Fodder Routine
Adjacent Phone Booth Routine
Mustard Routine
Hole In The Wall
You're 40 She's 10
What are you doing at the depot
Trivia: For their first independently produced vehicle, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello chose to appear in remake of the 1939 Universal film "FOR LOVE OR MONEY".
Rating: -
Charles Barton does fine job directing this A&C flick. The plot is very simple to follow. A case of mistaken identity gets Bud and Lou robbed of a large sum of money. This classic film teams the duo with another popluar comedian of the time - Leon Errol. Errol plays the part of J.C. (JULIUS CEASAR) McBride. A compulsive gambler who NEVER LOSES. The BEST highlight of this comedy has Errol standing in for Bud as he and Costello perform the classic A&C routine "MUDDER AND FODDER". Again 5 STARS to this classic side-splitting comedy.
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