Mexican Hayride

Mexican Hayride is a 1948 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. The film is based on Cole Porters Broadway musical Mexican Hayride starring Bobby Clark. No songs from the stage musical were used in the film.

Joe is persuaded to participate in Harrys, Dagmars Luba Malina and Marys plan to sell fake silver mine stock. While giving tours of the bogus mine, Joe extols its beauty and sells stock to anyone he can. Eventually the authorities track down and incarcerate Joe, along with Harry Joe manages to escape and, disguised as an old Mexican woman, helps Harry escape. They return to the bullring in search of Dagmar and the stock money. Joe enters the ring, only to be chased by an irate bull. Dagmar, who has the money concealed in her hat, tosses it to him. Harry enters the ring to retrieve the hat from Joe, who is still being pursued by the bull. Eventually, the money is recovered and returned to the authorities. The gang is cleared of wrongdoing involving the silver mine, but are not yet cleared in their oil stock scam back in the States. Dagmar makes reparations for those charges as well, and they are free to return home.Mexican Hayride was filmed from Junethrough August 12, 1948. Early plans for production called for the film to be made in Technicolor. ........

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