Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

I really am surprised that this movie has a rating of only 6.5. I admit that it's not as good as "Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein" but it's still quite funny. We even get a nice call back to the "Who's On First" routine. This time it's done with picks and shovels. I'm glad to be more familiar with Abbott and Costello. For a film made in the 1950's, I think it holds up pretty well. They're quite funny, even if they're not as good as the Marx Brothers.This movie features Abbott and Costello finding a magic medallion getting themselves involved in a mummy's curse. The movie is nicely paced. I believe this was the last Abbott and Costello movie. I don't see why people consider it one of their lesser films. There's great slapstick, especially with the people bursting through the ceiling. It's a nice looking film too. ***

This is a very funny movie. It is also scarier. I really I have to say it is scarier then The Shining. And that is not easy to do. It is not has scary has The Mummy's hand mind you. And not has scarier has The Mummy's tomb. It is also not has scary has The Mummy's ghost. Also it not scary has The Mummy's cure . The Mummy's cure is one of the scariest movie of all time. This is one of the funniest of all time. It has great acting. It also has great special effects. It also has a great story line. 6.5 is a good ratting. But this is such a great movie that 6.5 is underrating.

Despite being one of the later films in the Abbott and Costello series, it remains one of their most entertaining movies – thanks to a fast-paced plot, a touch of clever scripting here and there and gags which come thick and fast all the way through. The story is as light as ever, involving scheming gangs of nefarious villains, people being chased all over the scenery, lots of secret passages and sarcophagi, a murderous mummy (a pretty poor shambler to be honest) and our duo getting involved in their usual hijinks; namely, Costello seeing all manner of weird and scary stuff, and straight man Abbott missing all the fun each and every time.Although it's a low budget movie with some unconvincing Egyptian locales, not to mention actors (I guess they got through a fair few tins of boot polish here) there is much to enjoy here. Costello is less irritating than usual and is funny on occasion and more than a few jokes are successful; the dinner-table routine with the cursed medallion is a particular highlight and many moments recall the glory days of vintage comedy, in the Laurel & Hardy era.The film does have some longeurs, namely the incessant musical interludes – apparently they had to pad the running time out, even though it only clocks in at seventy-five minutes – and supporting talent from a better-than-usual cast, including a young Mel Welles. Cheesy special effects add to the movie's endearingly dated appeal; an animated bat is even worse than the effects in ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN and a plethora of rubber snakes only add to the jokey fun. Made with a tongue firmly in cheek and with gusto from the cast and crew, this is one of the most straightforwardly enjoyable Abbott and Costello films out there.

Abbott & Costello play Pete Patterson & Freddie Franklin(though refer to each other as Bud & Lou throughout!) two fortune hunters in Egypt who become mixed up in murder when they become suspects after an archaeologist is killed for a priceless Medallion that leads to the tomb of the living mummy "Klaris", which is also cursed(of course). The usual pratfalls and mishaps ensue. Sad horror spoof is entirely unfunny and utterly pointless. The mummy series ended ten years previous, and this update has terrible makeup, stale gags, and sloppy handling. This was the team's final film at Universal Studios, which unceremoniously dropped them after this flop.