Africa Screams (1950)

Directed by

Charles Barton

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 19m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 66 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Abbott and Costello go on a safari adventure in Africa. They encounter wild animals and get into comedic trouble with a group of hunters.

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What happens

Africa Screams is a 1949 American adventure comedy film starring Abbott and Costello and directed by Charles Barton that parodies 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, Hillary Brooke, Max Baer, Buddy Baer, Shemp Howard and Joe Besser. The film entered the public domain in 1977. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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