Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)

Genres - Comedy, Horror, Fantasy, Action, Adventure  |   Sub-Genres - Horror Comedy, Parody/Spoof, Slapstick  |   Release Date - Jun 23, 1955 (USA - Unknown), Jun 23, 1955 (USA)  |   Run Time - 79 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy is the last of the team's vehicles for Universal-International. Stranded in Egypt, Bud and Lou hire themselves out as travelling companions to archeologist Kurt Katch. Before long, Katch is murdered by a group of cultists, and a medallion, embossed with a map which leads to a sacred burial site, is accidentally swallowed by Costello. The boys become the unwilling pawns of the cultists, led by Richard Deacon, and a greedy adventuress, played by Marie Windsor. The last scene finds Costello being menaced by three mummies, two of them bogus.

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treasure, desert, mummy, cult, medallion, crypt, stranded