Mexican Hayride
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| Mexican Hayride | |
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 Mexican Hayride Theatrical Poster |
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| Directed by | Charles Barton |
| Produced by | Robert Arthur |
| Written by | John Grant Oscar Brodney |
| Starring | Bud Abbott Lou Costello Virginia Grey John Hubbard |
| Music by | Walter Scharf |
| Editing by | Frank Gross |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 27, 1948 |
| Running time | 77 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $899,000 |
| Preceded by | Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) |
| Followed by | Africa Screams (1949) |
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Mexican Hayride is a 1948 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello.
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[edit] Plot
Joe Bascomb (Lou Costello) chases Harry Lambert (Bud Abbott), a con man, to Mexico City after he swindled him and some friends with a fake stock deal back in the United States. Joe's ex-girlfriend, Mary (Virginia Grey) has hired Lambert as her agent and going by the name 'Montana' and passing herself off as a toreador. When Bascomb finds Lambert at a bullring, he also sees Mary, who is in the ring. As part of 'Amigo Americana Week', she is about to toss her hat into the crowd and the lucky receiptant will be named the good-will ambassador. Mary is supposed to toss it to Gus Adamson (Frank Fenton), another con man who Lambert has arranged to be chosen, however when Mary sees Joe she throws the hat at him in anger. Joe, now the goodwill ambassador, is also being chased by the authorties for his part in the fake stock deal back in US, so he uses an alias, 'Humphrey Fish' while in Mexico.
Joe is talked into partaking in Harry, Dagmar (Luba Malina), and Mary's plan of selling stock in a fake silver mine and at every stop on his tour he extolls the beauty of the mine and sells stock to anyone he can. Eventually the authorities learn of his true identity and they arrest Joe and Harry. Joe manages to escape and, disguised as an old Mexican woman, he helps Harry escape. They head to the bullring to find Dagmar and the stock money. Joe enters the ring and is chased by a bull. Dagmar, who has the money hidden in her hat, tosses it to him. Harry enters the ring and trys to get the hat from Joe, all the while still being chased by the bull. Eventually the money is recovered and returned to the authorities. They are cleared of any wrongdoing involving the silver mine, but not the oil stock in the US. Dagmar produces enough money to make reparations for those charges as well and they are set free and return to the US.
[edit] Trivia
- It was filmed from June 11 through August 12, 1948.
- It is based on the 1944 Cole Porter Broadway musical of the same name.
- Both Costello and Abbott objected to the making of this film. Costello wanted a different cast, including Carmen Miranda and Lucille Ball, while Abbott simply hated the script. They were both suspended for a week, and filming began only 2 days behind schedule.[1]
- Early plans for production called for the film to be made in Technicolor.
- Lou Costello's brother Pat, plays one of the detectives that's following his trail.
[edit] Routines
- At the beginning of the film, when Joe catches up with Harry, Joe says, "Who told me there was oil in my backyard? Who goe me to sell phoney stock to my friends? Who ran away with the money? Who go Mary mad at me? And if you're tired of hearing 'Who', I got a 'What' for you...second base!", which is a reference to their famous routine, Who's on First?.
- Silver Ore, in which Abbott tries to teach Costello about the composition of rocks that they have found.
[edit] DVD Release
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[edit] Reference
- ^ Furmanek, Bob and Ron Palumbo (1991). Abbott and Costello in Hollywood. New York: Perigee Books. ISBN 0-399-51605-0
[edit] External links
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