Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCharles Lamont
Screenplay byJohn Grant
Story byLee Loeb
Produced byHoward Christie
StarringBud Abbott
Lou Costello
Marie Windsor
Michael Ansara
Peggy King
Richard Deacon
Mel Welles
CinematographyGeorge Robinson
Edited byRussell Schoengarth
Music byJoseph Gershenson (supervisor)
Uncredited:
Irving Gertz
Henry Mancini
Lou Maury
Hans J. Salter
Distributed byUniversal-International
Release date
  • June 23, 1955 (1955-06-23) (U.S.)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$726,250[1]

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy is a 1955 American horror comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. It is the 28th and final Abbott and Costello film produced by Universal-International.

The film is primarily set in Cairo. Two expatriate Americans are supposed to work as guardians of a mummy during its transportation, but their prospective employer is murdered and the mummy is stolen. The duo are left in possession of a sacred medallion which supposedly records the location of a hidden treasure. They get acquainted with a female treasure hunter and with the modern followers of the mummy.

  1. ^ Furmanek, Bob; Palumbo, Ron (1991). Abbott and Costello in Hollywood. New York: Perigee Books. ISBN 0-399-51605-0 p 251

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