Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)

August 5, 1950 (US) • Comedy, Adventure • 80m

Overview

Jonesy and Lou are in Algeria looking for a wrestler they are promoting. Sergeant Axmann tricks them into joining the Foreign Legion, after which they discover Axmann's collaboration with the nasty Sheik Hamud El Khalid.

Director

Charles Lamont

Writers

John Grant, Martin Ragaway, D.D. Beauchamp, Leonard B. Stern

Top Billed

Bud Abbott

Keywords

wrestling foreign legion wrestler camel deception black and white treachery french foreign legion harem girl slave girl army training

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Top Billed Cast

Bud Abbott

Bud Jones

Lou Costello

Lou Hotchkiss

Patricia Medina

Nicole Dupre

Walter Slezak

Sgt. Axmann

Douglass Dumbrille

Sheik Hamud El Khalid

Leon Belasco

Hassam--Auctioneer

Marc Lawrence

Frankie

William 'Wee Willie' Davis

Abdullah

Tor Johnson

Abou Ben

Sammy Menacker

Bertram the Magnificent

Jack Raymond

Ali Ami

Fred Nurney

Commandant

Paul Fierro

Ibn

Henry Corden

Ibrim

Eric Alden

Arab (uncredited)

Bobby Barber

Arab on Jeep's Hood (uncredited)

Baynes Barron

Orderly (uncredited)

Guy Beach

Saleem with False Teeth (uncredited)

Barry Brooks

Private (uncredited)

Candy Candido

Skeleton (uncredited) (voice)

Jeff Chandler

Narrator (uncredited) (voice)

John Cliff

Lieutenant (uncredited)

Jack Davidson

Thug (uncredited)

Bob Evans

Corporal (uncredited)

David Gorcey

Newsboy (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

Thug (uncredited)

Charmienne Harker

Arab Girl (uncredited)

Ted Hecht

Arab Proprietor (uncredited)

George Magrill

Corporal (uncredited)

Frank Malet

Corporal (uncredited)

Ernesto Molinari

Thug (uncredited)

Alberto Morin

Lieutenant (uncredited)

Peter Ortiz

Corporal (uncredited)

Ann Robinson

Bathing Suit Girl in Mirage (uncredited)

Buddy Roosevelt

Orderly (uncredited)

Jack Roper

Guard (uncredited)

Dan Seymour

Josef (uncredited)

Mahmud Shaikhaly

Referee (uncredited)

Jack Shutta

Thug (uncredited)

Harry Wilson

Thug (uncredited)

Guy Zanette

Corporal (uncredited)

Crew

Charles Lamont

Director

Paul Sawtell

Music

Hans J. Salter

Music

John Grant

Screenplay

Martin Ragaway

Screenplay

Walter Scharf

Music

Bud Westmore

Makeup Artist

Elizabeth Firestone

Music

D.D. Beauchamp

Story

Frank Skinner

Music

Leonard B. Stern

Screenplay

David S. Horsley

Visual Effects

Daniele Amfitheatrof

Music

Edward Ward

Music

Walter Schumann

Music

Johnny Green

Music

Joan St. Oegger

Hairstylist

Joseph Gershenson

Music Director

George Robinson

Director of Photography

Bernard Herzbrun

Art Direction

Frank Gross

Editor

Eric Orbom

Art Direction

Ray Jeffers

Set Decoration

Russell A. Gausman

Set Decoration

Robert Arthur

Producer

Lloyd Ward

Camera Operator

Irving Smith

Gaffer

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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)

John Grant, Martin Ragaway, D.D. Beauchamp, Leonard B. Stern

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