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Mood:
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Plot:
- AdventurerBuddiesGoofy HeroNothing Goes RightTreasure HuntEscapadesDisorderBest Friends more...
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Genres:
- AdventureComedy
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century40s
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Place:
- AfricaJungleStore
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Audience:
- Family Outing
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Humor:
- Silly Humor
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- Semi SeriousSemi Fantastic
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Africa Screams, 1949
English
USA
Profile of Africa Screams
The mood of Africa Screams is humorous and feel good. The plot centers around a treasure hunt, a goofy hero, and adventurers. It features silly humor. Africa Screams is a comedy movie. It takes place, at least partly, in a jungle and in a store. The setting is Africa. Africa Screams happens in the 20th century. It is especially suggested for a family outing.
Summary of Africa Screams
Buzz Johnson (Bud Abbott) and Stanley Livingston (Lou Costello) go on an African safari in search of treasure. Buzz is a bookseller who tricks Diana Emerson (Hillary Brooke) into believing that his fellow bookseller Stanley is an expert on Africa. They are thereby abducted by Diana's henchmen who expect the two self proclaimed hunters to lead her to an African tribe. On the way there they run up against giant apes, lion tamers, and a wild river. Eventually Buzz makes his way back to the States and Stanley lucks into some diamonds and purchases the store where they both used to work. By the end, Stanley hires Buzz to operate the elevator. Charles Barton directs some great gags and funny comedy routines in this lively film. This story contains the much-loved theme of Lou being terrorized by an evil pushy woman who eventually gets so fed up with his ineptitude that she wants him dead. Look for great comic turns by Martin Wilkins as the dreaded Cannibal Chief and Shemp Howard as Gunner.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 4 May 1949 |
| Runtime: | 79 min |
Cast and Crew
as Buzz Johnson
as Stanley Livington
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