Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
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Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion is a 1950 comedy film starring the iconic duo Bud Abbott and Lou Costello as bumbling American wrestlers who get entangled with the French Foreign Legion in North Africa.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6208418 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion Context triple: [Tor Johnson, portrayedIn, Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion]
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A.
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood is a 1945 musical comedy film featuring the iconic comedy duo in a Hollywood studio setting filled with slapstick antics and showbiz satire.
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B.
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy is a 1955 horror-comedy film in which the famed comedy duo Abbott and Costello encounter an ancient Egyptian mummy, blending slapstick humor with classic Universal monster-movie elements.
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C.
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein is a 1948 horror-comedy film that pairs the famous comedy duo with Universal’s classic movie monsters, including Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster, and the Wolf Man.
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D.
The Gang's All Here (1943 film)
The Gang's All Here is a 1943 Technicolor musical film directed by Busby Berkeley, famed for its lavish, surreal production numbers and starring Alice Faye and Carmen Miranda.
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E.
The Phil Silvers Show
The Phil Silvers Show is a classic 1950s American television sitcom starring comedian Phil Silvers as the scheming Sergeant Bilko, known for its sharp writing and influential ensemble comedy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion Target entity description: Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion is a 1950 comedy film starring the iconic duo Bud Abbott and Lou Costello as bumbling American wrestlers who get entangled with the French Foreign Legion in North Africa.
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A.
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood is a 1945 musical comedy film featuring the iconic comedy duo in a Hollywood studio setting filled with slapstick antics and showbiz satire.
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B.
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy is a 1955 horror-comedy film in which the famed comedy duo Abbott and Costello encounter an ancient Egyptian mummy, blending slapstick humor with classic Universal monster-movie elements.
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C.
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein is a 1948 horror-comedy film that pairs the famous comedy duo with Universal’s classic movie monsters, including Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster, and the Wolf Man.
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D.
The Gang's All Here (1943 film)
The Gang's All Here is a 1943 Technicolor musical film directed by Busby Berkeley, famed for its lavish, surreal production numbers and starring Alice Faye and Carmen Miranda.
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E.
The Phil Silvers Show
The Phil Silvers Show is a classic 1950s American television sitcom starring comedian Phil Silvers as the scheming Sergeant Bilko, known for its sharp writing and influential ensemble comedy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| aspectRatio | 1.37:1 ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| castMember |
Bud Abbott
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Douglass Dumbrille NERFINISHED ⓘ Fritz Feld NERFINISHED ⓘ Leon Belasco NERFINISHED ⓘ Lou Costello NERFINISHED ⓘ Marc Lawrence NERFINISHED ⓘ Patricia Medina NERFINISHED ⓘ Tor Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Slezak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | George Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Charles Lamont NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Universal-International NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Frank Gross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterOccupation | wrestler ⓘ |
| featuresOrganization | French Foreign Legion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| hasColor | black-and-white ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
fish-out-of-water
ⓘ
military comedy ⓘ mistaken identity ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Bud Jones
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lou Hotchkiss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Walter Scharf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Abbott and Costello films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Robert Arthur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Universal-International NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1950-08-05 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 79 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
John Grant
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leonard Stern NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Ragaway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Algeria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soundMix | mono ⓘ |
| starring |
Bud Abbott
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lou Costello NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion Description of subject: Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion is a 1950 comedy film starring the iconic duo Bud Abbott and Lou Costello as bumbling American wrestlers who get entangled with the French Foreign Legion in North Africa.
Referenced by (4)
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