Lost in Alaska
- 1952
- 1h 16m
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6.2/10
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Two firemen rescue a gold miner from suicide. However, discovering the police want them for murder, they travel with the miner to Alaska to help chase his girl. There, they discover that the... Read allTwo firemen rescue a gold miner from suicide. However, discovering the police want them for murder, they travel with the miner to Alaska to help chase his girl. There, they discover that the town wants the miner dead.Two firemen rescue a gold miner from suicide. However, discovering the police want them for murder, they travel with the miner to Alaska to help chase his girl. There, they discover that the town wants the miner dead.
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Victor Adamson
- Prospector
- (uncredited)
Fred Aldrich
- Bearded Prospector
- (uncredited)
Bobby Barber
- Ship's Cook
- (uncredited)
Brandon Beach
- Dealer
- (uncredited)
Rudy Bowman
- Prospector
- (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
- Prospector
- (uncredited)
Iron Eyes Cody
- Canook
- (uncredited)
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Known pretty much everywhere outside the US as ABBOTT AND COSTELLO LOST IN ALASKA this just never gels. Sub-standard, both from a comedic viewpoint and in production values. The boys never look comfortable.
Flimsy tale of a couple of New York firemen in the late 1890's who inadvertently "rescue" a suicidal prospector and through circumstance, find themselves heading back to Alaska with him, when they have a more pressing need to get back to San Francisco, to allay suspicions that they have actually murdered him.
For the most part, it just AIN'T funny. No more so than the strained and diabolically stupid ending. Really, for non-thinking A & C diehards!
Flimsy tale of a couple of New York firemen in the late 1890's who inadvertently "rescue" a suicidal prospector and through circumstance, find themselves heading back to Alaska with him, when they have a more pressing need to get back to San Francisco, to allay suspicions that they have actually murdered him.
For the most part, it just AIN'T funny. No more so than the strained and diabolically stupid ending. Really, for non-thinking A & C diehards!
Bud and Lou were beginning to show their age when making "Lost in Alaska." The slapstick performed by Lou tends to look laboured and at a time when he shouldn't have taxed his heart.
"Universal-International" certainly won't going to spend much money on the budget and it clearly shows! Bud and Lou had long ceased being a box office success and their former glory only shows itself sporadically in this comedy.
The scene where the boys try to cheer up the gold prospector is quite amusing but other highlights are scarce.
"Universal-International" certainly won't going to spend much money on the budget and it clearly shows! Bud and Lou had long ceased being a box office success and their former glory only shows itself sporadically in this comedy.
The scene where the boys try to cheer up the gold prospector is quite amusing but other highlights are scarce.
There is a lot to like in "Lost in Alaska". Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are both in fine form. Their supporting cast is also very good. The movie has very little, if any, downtime. The are quite a few laughs and a ton of goodwill in "Lost in Alaska". Honorable mention: the song "A Hot Time in the Igloo Tonight".
Abbott and Costello play two volunteer firemen who save the life of suicidal prospector Nugget Joe (Tom Ewell), only to find themselves accused of his murder. Joe heads back to Alaska for his girlfriend and the boys tag along. They soon find everybody wants Nugget Joe dead and they have to keep him alive so they can prove their innocence. Tom Ewell is great as Nugget Joe. His constant suicide attempts are the funniest bits in the movie. This is a rare case of a supporting actor outshining Bud and Lou. Bruce Cabot plays the villain. Mitzi Green is a forgettable leading lady. Most of the funny stuff is early in the movie. Once they get to Alaska, it's not as good.
Abbott and Costello's 50s offerings do nothing other than make you hanker for the halcyon days of the 40s where their best efforts are to be found. Sure there are a couple of decent films in the 50s such as Meet Jekyll/Hyde & The Mummy, but in the main you sense the boys are tired, you sense that the once glowing genius is a shadow of its former self, we sense right because it's true, never more so proved than with this barely average piece.
There are a couple of decent scenes in here, and sure enough the pratfalling antics off Costello will raise a smile, but the writing doesn't give them much to work with, the co stars are suitably bored with the plot, and the biggest crime of all is that we don't get a remotely mirthful ending to save the picture.
5/10 out of loyalty to a couple of comic geniuses going thru the motions, oh and a crab that stole the film.
There are a couple of decent scenes in here, and sure enough the pratfalling antics off Costello will raise a smile, but the writing doesn't give them much to work with, the co stars are suitably bored with the plot, and the biggest crime of all is that we don't get a remotely mirthful ending to save the picture.
5/10 out of loyalty to a couple of comic geniuses going thru the motions, oh and a crab that stole the film.
Did you know
- TriviaFirst film work by composer Henry Mancini; he is uncredited.
- GoofsWhen Bud and Lou are ice fishing, an off-camera seal barks and Costello adlibs: "Somebody got a car up here, driving?" The film is set in the 1890s, before the automotive era.
- Quotes
Tom Watson: George, you know my wife's an angel?
George Bell: You're lucky. Mine's living!
- ConnectionsFeatured in The World of Abbott and Costello (1965)
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- $672,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 16 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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