Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie. The mere mention of Olsen and Johnson's names evacuates the studio and terrorizes the management and personnel. Undaunted, the comedians hire an assistant director and unknown talent, and set out to make their own movie.
Acting
Olsen and Johnson's genuine anarchic chemistry
Direction
Cline somehow keeps this barely contained
Director
Edward F. Cline
Ole Olsen
Himself
Chic Johnson
Himself
Cass Daley
Herself / Sadie Silverfish
Martha O'Driscoll
Marjorie Nelson / Marjorie Wyndingham
Patric Knowles
Edmund 'Mac' MacLean
Percy Kilbride
Col. Cornelius Merriweather
Hans Conried
Roco
Shemp Howard
Mumbo
Basil Rathbone
Sherlock Holmes
Nigel Bruce
Dr. Watson
Ramsay Ames
Herself - Dancer
Louise Allbritton
Cameo Appearance
Evelyn Ankers
Cameo Appearance
Jimmy Aubrey
Cameo Appearance
Turhan Bey
Cameo Appearance
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Olsen and Johnson's Broadway hit Hellzapoppin' remains the longest-running Broadway musical revue ever. This film was Universal's desperate attempt to bottle that lightning.
The 'studio evacuation' gag wasn't entirely fictional—Universal genuinely struggled to control these two, who treated every production as an opportunity for live improvisation.
US
