Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

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Abbott and Costello Go to Mars is a 1953 science-fiction comedy film featuring the iconic comedy duo Abbott and Costello in a misadventurous space travel plot.

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instanceOf film
science fiction comedy film
basedOn original screenplay
cinematographyBy George Robinson NERFINISHED
colorProcess black-and-white
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Charles Lamont NERFINISHED
distributor Universal-International NERFINISHED
editedBy Virgil W. Vogel NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter Lester NERFINISHED
Orville NERFINISHED
featuresDuo Abbott and Costello NERFINISHED
featuresFictionalLocation Mars NERFINISHED
Venus NERFINISHED
filmingStudio Universal Studios NERFINISHED
genre comedy
science fiction
space adventure
hasCastMember Bud Abbott NERFINISHED
Horace McMahon NERFINISHED
Jean Willes NERFINISHED
Lou Costello NERFINISHED
Mari Blanchard NERFINISHED
Martha Hyer NERFINISHED
Robert Paige NERFINISHED
hasTagline They blast off on a hare-brained rocket trip to Mars and land in more trouble than they ever imagined.
mainSubject mistaken identity
space travel
musicBy Joseph Gershenson NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
partOfSeries Abbott and Costello films NERFINISHED
plotSummary Two bumbling workers accidentally launch a rocket ship and end up in New Orleans during Mardi Gras, which they mistake for Mars, before later traveling to Venus.
producer Howard Christie NERFINISHED
productionCompany Universal-International NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1953-05-06
releaseYear 1953
runtimeMinutes 77
screenwriter D.D. Beauchamp NERFINISHED
John Grant NERFINISHED
setIn New Orleans NERFINISHED
outer space
starring Bud Abbott NERFINISHED
Horace McMahon NERFINISHED
Jean Willes NERFINISHED
Lou Costello NERFINISHED
Mari Blanchard NERFINISHED
Martha Hyer NERFINISHED
Robert Paige NERFINISHED
storyBy D.D. Beauchamp NERFINISHED

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Martha Hyer notableWork Abbott and Costello Go to Mars