Hit the Ice (film)

Hit the Ice is a 1943 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello and directed by Charles Lamont, who took over after the original director, Erle C. Kenton, was fired.

Fellowsby heads to a ski resort in Sun Valley to recuperate, hiring Burns and his nurse Elyse Knox to care for him. Wanting to clear their names, Tubby and Flash go to the resort, where they are hired as waiters. They attempt to retrieve the stolen cash by blackmailing the gangsters with the bank photographs, which turn out to be worthless as the robbers faces are not shown. A fight ensues and after a climactic chase down the mountain, the gangsters are caught.After filming ended, Abbott and Costello embarked on a twomonth tour of army camps. When they returned on March 3, 1943, Costello was diagnosed with rheumatic fever and was bedridden. The team would not work again until November 4, 1943 when they returned to their NBC radio program. Tragically, on that same day, Costellos son Butch drowned in the family swimming pool. As a result, Costello had a bracelet emblazoned with the name Butch permanently welded around his wrist. ........

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