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      One Night in the Tropics

      1940 1h 22m Musical Comedy List
      Reviews 38% Audience Score 250+ Ratings Abbott and Costello cavort around a love-insurance triangle (Allan Jones, Nancy Kelly, Robert Cummings), in their film debut. Read More Read Less

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      Mike M This is Abbott & Costello's first film, but they were not the leads but instead featured performers. This allowed them to insert several of their bits into the film, including the classic "Who's On First." I'm always enchanted by the performance of Robert Cummings, an actor who's equally adept at comedy or drama (as in Alfred Hitchcock's "Dial M for Murder). This film also stars Allan Jones—the father of Jack Jones, whom you may remember sang the theme to "The Love Boat"—, and Nancy Kelly, and features William Frawley, Mary Boland, Leo Carillo, and Peggy Moran. An excellent way to spend Saturday morning. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/16/21 Full Review Audience Member The film is the film debut of comedians Abbott and Costello, and although they are magnificent in the movie, they're not the main focus. The main foxus is one a guy name Steve who needs help getting married. Steve's friend James helps him and they run into Abbott and Costello a few time. Abbott and Costello steal the movie with their rountines and gags. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member The only thing special about this Universal musicomedy is the first screen appearance of Bud Abbott & Lou Costello (third-billed) who recreate their famous "Who's On First" routine. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member First film ever staring one of the greatest comedy duos ever, and it ultimately failed to gain my approval. While Abbott and Costello's performances are exceptional as always, the remaining problem is that the film has less to do with them, and more to do with characters that don't even matter. The two almost have nothing to do with the film at all, as if all their meant for is to add laughs and nothing more than that. The true main characters don't have any real substance, nor do they make the film worth watching. It's no wonder they needed these two because they were the only good things about it. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member This was not bad. All the jokes were still fresh & packed a bit of a punch. The story was interesting & there were moments where I yielded a true chuckle. Yeah, good for a rainy day, which it was. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member This was not bad. All the jokes were still fresh & packed a bit of a punch. The story was interesting & there were moments where I yielded a true chuckle. Yeah, good for a rainy day, which it was. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Abbott and Costello cavort around a love-insurance triangle (Allan Jones, Nancy Kelly, Robert Cummings), in their film debut.
      Director
      A. Edward Sutherland
      Producer
      Leonard Spigelgass
      Genre
      Musical, Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 22m