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Abbott and Costello portray private detectives in this fast-paced comic thriller. Recent detective school graduates Bud and Lou are minding their new business when accused killer Tommy Nelson (Arthur Franz) bursts into their office. Proclaiming his innocence, he convinces the two to get him to his beautiful fiancee Helen (Nancy Guild). Just as the police arrive to investigate, Tommy injects himself with invisibility serum being developed by Helen's uncle. Nelson convinces Lou to go undercover as a boxer to help flush out the real killer. With Nelson's unseen assistance, Costello reluctantly goes into the ring as "Lou the Looper" for one of the most hilarious fight sequences ever filmed.
Original Release
03/07/1951
US Release
03/07/1951
Cast
Name | Character |
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Bud Abbott | Bud Alexander |
Lou Costello | Lou Francis |
Nancy Guild | Helen Gray |
Arthur Franz | Tommy Nelson |
Adele Jergens | Boots Marsden |
Sheldon Leonard | Morgan / Boots Morgan |
William Frawley | Detective Roberts / Det. Roberts |
Gavin Muir | Dr. Philip Gray |
Sam Balter | Radio Announcer |
John Daheim | Rocky Hanlon |
Directors
Writers
Hugh Wedlock Jr., Howard Snyder, Robert Lees, Frederic I. Rinaldo, John Grant, H.G. Wells
Cast
Name | Character |
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Bud Abbott | Bud Alexander |
Lou Costello | Lou Francis |
Nancy Guild | Helen Gray |
Arthur Franz | Tommy Nelson |
Adele Jergens | Boots Marsden |
Sheldon Leonard | Morgan / Boots Morgan |
William Frawley | Detective Roberts / Det. Roberts |
Gavin Muir | Dr. Philip Gray |
Sam Balter | Radio Announcer |
John Daheim | Rocky Hanlon |
Walter F. Appler | Professor Dugan |
Howard Banks | Officer |
Bobby Barber | Sneaky |
Richard Bartell | Bald Man |
Phil Bloom | Fight Spectator |
John Breen | Trainer |
Milt Bronson | Ring Announcer |
Ralph Brooks | Man at Bar |
Steve Carruthers | Reporter |
Tom Coleman | Dugan Detective School Graduate |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Howard Christie | Producer |