Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
Directed by Charles Lamont
Genres - Comedy | Sub-Genres - Horror Comedy, Parody/Spoof, Slapstick | Release Date - Jun 23, 1955 (USA - Unknown) | Run Time - 90 min. | Countries - USA |Share on
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