Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion

1950 · 80 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 3,181 VOTES · DIR. Charles Lamont

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion poster

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 991 lines

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00:00:55 'Neath the merciless sun
00:03:59 All right, all right. Now, you're Bert. You're Bert.
00:06:30 I don't care. Abdullah says good-bye.
00:08:53 I... This is mine! This is the one I...
00:11:29 railroad company engineers were raging.
00:15:52 See. Go look for yourself. I think I will.
00:18:31 We're safe as long as we stay here in the crowd.
00:21:50 Oh, my master, wouldst thou not like six beautiful girls to serve you?
00:25:50 American tourists that can be pushed around.
00:28:05 That's better. Well, he's got to be one or the other.
00:33:08 First the attack on the railroad company's construction camp at Biskra
00:36:28 Here it is, 282.
00:40:07 When they sneak up behind you, I'll sneak up behind them.
00:42:49 Good. The shutters are closed. Shh.
00:45:24 Attention!
00:49:31 All of them? All of them.
00:52:16 but if you don't chase mirages, how do you know they're mirages?
00:56:03 Hey, Lou, when you get through playing, I'll be asleep behind the rock.
00:59:03 I got another one. There you are, boy.
01:02:35 Things are happening. I had to get her out of Algiers.
01:05:32 Boy, are we glad to see you!
01:09:06 Hey, buddy, you're awful weak.
01:14:10 Look! The Legion!
01:17:34 Private Lou Hotchkiss, I decorate you.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed991
Dialogue density12.4 lines / min
First line00:00:55
Final line01:17:34

Production Record

DirectorCharles Lamont
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes3,181