Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein the films poster title, or Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein the onscreen titlealthough the film is usually referred to as simply Abbott and Costello Meet Frankensteinis a 1948 American horror comedy film directed by Charles Barton and starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. The picture is the first of several films where the comedy duo meets classic characters from Universals horror film stable. In this film, they encounter Count Dracula Bela Lugosi, Frankensteins monster Glenn Strange, and the Wolf Man Lon Chaney, Jr., while subsequent films pair the duo with the Mummy, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and the Invisible Man. On a TV special in the early 1950s, the two did a sketch where they interacted with the latest original Universal Studios monster being promoted at the time, the Creature from the Black Lagoon 1954. The film is considered the swan song for the Big Three Universal horror monsters Count Dracula, the Wolf Man and Frankensteins monster, none of whom had appeared in a Universal film since 1945s House of Dracula.

Lawrence Talbot Lon Chaney, Jr. is making an urgent call from London to a Florida railway station where Chick Young Bud Abbott and Wilbur Grey Lou Costello work as baggage clerks. Wilbur answers the phone and Talbot tries to impart to him the danger of a shipment due to arrive for the McDougal House Of Horrors a local wax museum which purportedly contains the actual bodies of Count Dracula Bla Lugosi and the Frankenstein Monster Glenn Strange. However, before he is able to warn Wilbur, a full moon rises and Talbot transforms into a werewolf, who proceeds to destroy his apartment while Wilbur is on the line. Wilbur, thinking the call is just a prank, hangs up and continues on with his work day. Immediately thereafter, the actual Mr. McDougal Frank Ferguson shows up to claim the shipments and, fearing them damaged when Wilbur and Chick mishandle them, demands that the crates be delivered in person so his insurance agent can inspect them.When Chick and Wilbur get to McDougals House Of Horrors, they open the first crate and find a coffin with Dracula inscribed on the front. When Chick leaves to retrieve the second crate, Wilbur witnesses Dracula awaken and he tries to get Chicks attention. However, when Chick returns with the second crate, Dracula hides just in time to go unnoticed. After Chick leaves again to greet McDougal and the insurance agent, Dracula hypnotizes Wilbur and reanimates Frankensteins Monster. McDougal and the insurance agent with Chick in tow again arrive too late to witness anything. Finding the storage crates empty, McDougal accuses the boys of theft and has them arrested. ........

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