Product Details

• Actors: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Richard Carlson, Joan Davis, Mischa Auer
• Directors: Arthur Lubin
• Writers: Frederic I. Rinaldo, John Grant, Robert Lees
• Producers: Alex Gottlieb, Burt Kelly, Glenn Tryon
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Universal Studios
• VHS Release Date: March 1, 1992
• Run Time: 86 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6300181928
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #73,782 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF ABBOTT & COSTELLO'S BEST FILMS, September 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Abbott & Costello: Hold That Ghost [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Don't let the title fool you, this a laugh-a-minute film from start to finish. Director Arthur Lubin does a fine job directing this comedy classic. A & C play two gas station attendtants who inherit a run down roadhouse from a dying mobster. On their way to claim the inheritance they pick up a pair of passengers. A doctor, a Plain Jane, and a zany radio actress (JOAN DAVIS), whose only claim to fame is that she is the opening scream for the radio show "TALES OF TERROR." There are two GREAT highlights which stand out in this film: (1) Lou and Joan's sidesplitting dance number set to 'THE BLUE DANUBE' (one wonders how Abbott and the rest of the stars, who are very visible in the background, manage to keep straight faces while the comedic ballet is performed in front of them). (2) The MOST HILARIOUS sight gag ever filmed. Costello and Joan Davis are seated at a large table with two lighted candles, reading road maps to find the quickest route away from the house. Suddenly one of the candles starts to move back and forth across the table (of course ONLY LOU sees this). When Lou calls Bud, he comes running into the room only find things BACK TO NORMAL. As soon as Abbott leaves the room THE SECOND candle starts hover up and down in mid-air, causing Costello to once again go into his hilarious fits of frenzy.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Fun Time With Bud and Lou, March 24, 2005

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Bobby Underwood "starlighthotel" (Manly NSW, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Abbott & Costello: Hold That Ghost [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This very fun and funny offering from Bud and Lou ranks as one of their best. A great cast and good story, along with two very nice numbers from the Andrew Sisters make Bud and Lou's third entry from 1941 a pure delight. When Bud and Lou lose their good jobs as waiters in a fancy nightclub, they go back to pumping gas and end up in the car of gangster Moose Malloy when he bites the dust. His will leaves everything to the last people with him at his death. Since that happeens to be Bud and Lou, and a lot of bad guys want their hands on a fortune he has hidden, hilarity isn't far behind.

Lovely Evelyn Ankers and the very funny Joan Davis join Bud and Lou as they head to the hotel tavern they have inherited. Richard Carlson is a bookish scientist joining them when their cab leaves them all stranded in a storm at the ramshackle tavern. There are gangsters running around secretly trying to find the stash and knocking off one another pretty fast; one of whom is constantly appearing as a ghost to Lou when no one else is around!

There are some terrific gags and funny one-liners which make this one rank high for fans of Bud and Lou. Joan Davis is especially good as a "screamer" from the movies who may be as big a coward as Lou. Their crazy dance together to the Blue Danube is a riot! The pretty Ankers and Richard Carlson have the straight parts as she tries to get Carlson to take off his glasses long enough to see she likes him.

Universal gave this one everything it had, including The Andrew Sisters, who get to sing "Sleepy Serenade" and the Brazilian "Aurora." This one is a lot of fun to watch, not a dull moment anywhere in sight. Fans of Bud and Lou have to have this one. It's the perfect Saturday morning movie to start your day off right. A true comedy classic.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ABSOLUTELY THEIR BEST MOVIE!!!, October 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Abbott & Costello: Hold That Ghost [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I have the entire A & B collection and this one is by far my favorite. They are at their best throughout this movie. The sequence with Lou explaining he knew what "a figure of speech is" is truly hillarious! I also like the scene where Lou is going to taste the water and finally has to use his tie to bring the glass up to his mouth. This is a must buy movie for classic comedy movie lovers!