Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion

"Their NEWEST and FUNNIEST by far!"

1950

1h 20m

6.1(34 votes)

Comedy

Adventure

Overview

Jonesy and Lou are in Algeria looking for a wrestler they are promoting. Sergeant Axmann tricks them into joining the Foreign Legion, after which they discover Axmann's collaboration with the nasty Sheik Hamud El Khalid.

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Cast & Crew

41 members

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Bud Abbott

Bud Jones

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Lou Costello

Lou Hotchkiss

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Patricia Medina

Nicole Dupre

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Walter Slezak

Sgt. Axmann

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Douglass Dumbrille

Sheik Hamud El Khalid

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Leon Belasco

Hassam--Auctioneer

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Marc Lawrence

Frankie

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William 'Wee Willie' Davis

Abdullah

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Tor Johnson

Abou Ben

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Sammy Menacker

Bertram the Magnificent

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Jack Raymond

Ali Ami

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Fred Nurney

Commandant

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Paul Fierro

Ibn

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Henry Corden

Ibrim

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Eric Alden

Arab (uncredited)

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Bobby Barber

Arab on Jeep's Hood (uncredited)

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Baynes Barron

Orderly (uncredited)

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Guy Beach

Saleem with False Teeth (uncredited)

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Barry Brooks

Private (uncredited)

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Candy Candido

Skeleton (uncredited) (voice)

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Jeff Chandler

Narrator (uncredited) (voice)

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John Cliff

Lieutenant (uncredited)

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Jack Davidson

Thug (uncredited)

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Bob Evans

Corporal (uncredited)

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David Gorcey

Newsboy (uncredited)

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Chuck Hamilton

Thug (uncredited)

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Charmienne Harker

Arab Girl (uncredited)

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Ted Hecht

Arab Proprietor (uncredited)

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George Magrill

Corporal (uncredited)

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Frank Malet

Corporal (uncredited)

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Ernesto Molinari

Thug (uncredited)

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Alberto Morin

Lieutenant (uncredited)

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Peter Ortiz

Corporal (uncredited)

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Ann Robinson

Bathing Suit Girl in Mirage (uncredited)

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Buddy Roosevelt

Orderly (uncredited)

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Jack Roper

Guard (uncredited)

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Dan Seymour

Josef (uncredited)

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Mahmud Shaikhaly

Referee (uncredited)

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Jack Shutta

Thug (uncredited)

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Harry Wilson

Thug (uncredited)

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Guy Zanette

Corporal (uncredited)

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