Africa Screams
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Original theatrical release lobby card
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| Directed by | Charles Barton |
| Produced by |
Huntington Hartford Edward Nassour |
| Written by | Earl Baldwin |
| Screenplay by |
Martin Ragaway Leonard B. Stern |
| Starring |
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Clyde Beatty Frank Buck Max Baer Buddy Baer Shemp Howard Joe Besser. |
| Music by | Walter Schumann |
| Cinematography | Charles Van Enger |
| Edited by | Frank Gross |
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Huntington Hartford Productions
Nassour Studios |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time
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79 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $500,000 |
Africa Screams is a 1949 American adventure comedy film starring Abbott and Costello and directed by Charles Barton that parodied the safari genre. The title is a play on the title of the 1930 documentary Africa Speaks!. The supporting cast features Clyde Beatty, Frank Buck, Max Baer, Buddy Baer, Shemp Howard, and Joe Besser.
Diana Emerson (Hillary Brooke) is in the book department of Klopper's Department store looking for a copy of the book Dark Safari, written by the famed explorer Cuddleford. Buzz Johnson (Bud Abbott) overhears Diana saying that she will pay $2,500 for a map that is inside that book. He devises a plan to pass off his friend Stanley Livington (Lou Costello) as a great explorer who accompanied Cuddleford on the expedition described in the book. With claims that he can reproduce the map, the two men go to Diana's home that very night. They agree to accompany her on an African expedition, and when Buzz overhears that Clyde Beatty has been offered $20,000 to lead the expedition, he feels that the map is worth considerably more than $2,500.
They travel to Africa, along with Diana's team of explorers, including Harry (Joe Besser), 'Boots' Wilson (Buddy Baer), 'Grappler' McCoy (Max Baer) and Gunner (Shemp Howard), a nearsighted professional hunter. The boys learn that the true expedition is for diamonds rather than exploration, and Buzz plans to renegotiate the deal. Unfortunately Stanley cannot reproduce the map, as he has never seen it, and the two attempt to bluff their way around the jungle.
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