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Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars is a 1953 American science fiction comedy film starring the comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello and directed by Charles Lamont. It was produced by Howard Christie and made by Universal-International. Despite the film's title, no character in the film actually travels to the planet Mars (although Abbott and Costello's characters believe they are on Mars at one point.)
Plot
Orville, the oldest orphan at the Hideaway Orphans Home, accidentally hides inside a truck headed to a top-secret laboratory. There he is placed under the supervision of lab worker Lester to help load supplies onto an experimental rocket ship. While on board with Lester, Orville flips the ignition switch and the rocket ship blasts off, flying across the country and eventually landing outside of New Orleans, where Mardi Gras is in progress. Lester and Orville, believing that they have successfully landed on Mars, don spacesuits and go into the city, where they assume the grotesquely costumed celebrants are Martians, while the others assume they are fellow costumed celebrants.
More details
| author | John Grant |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New Orleans |
| director | Charles Lamont |
| editor | Russell Schoengarth |
| genre | adventure comedy science fiction |
| keywords | capture disillusion escaped convict fly land mardi gras new orleans mardi gras outer space rock rocket ship wrongly accused |
| musicBy | Henry Mancini |
| producer | Howard Christie |
| productionCompany | Universal Pictures |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |