Product Details

• Actors: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marilyn Maxwell, John Conte, Douglass Dumbrille
• Directors: Charles Reisner
• Writers: Harry Crane, Harry Ruskin, John Grant
• Producers: George Haight
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MGM (Warner)
• VHS Release Date: January 27, 1993
• Run Time: 89 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302265789
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #227,461 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF ABBOTT & COSTELLO'S BEST FILMS, September 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Lost in a Harem [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Charles Riesner directs this classic A & C film. The film was made during the team's loan out to MGM from the parent studio UNIVERSAL. The team travel to Arabia to bring back heroine Marilyn Maxwell and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (who villain Douglas Dumbrille has hypnotised into playing ONLY for him). The boys MANAGE to convince the shiek Dumbrille's ENTIRE harem and a towering guard, that they're talent scouts from Hollywood looking for new stars. One of the film's BEST highlights has Bud and Lou locked in a room. Dumbrille hypnotises them into thinking they're termites. Before long the boys have DEVOURED EVERY piece of furniture in the room. GREAT Abbott & Costello flick. LOTS OF LAUGHS.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Lost in a daze, December 21, 2003

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Shyblader "shyblader" (PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lost in a Harem [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Not one of Abbott & Costello's best works. Costello has some funny bits but overall I was rather unimpressed with this one. Don't get me wrong the movie is definitly watchable and has some very funny scenes but it just doesn't compare to some of the other work they put out around this same time. There are much better works to choose from "Time Of Their Lives", "Hold That Ghost" & "Rio Rita" to name a few.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Comedy, May 8, 2002

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R. Hersh (Collingswood, NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lost in a Harem [VHS] (VHS Tape)

If yo like Abbott and Costello, this is your movie. Overlooked by many, it is funnier than Buck Privates with many of the great A&C routines used to great advantage. A truly memorable comic masterpiece.