Two con men selling phony stock flee to Mexico ahead of the law, where they run into a woman friend from their earlier days, who is now a bullfighter.
Acting
Costello's dual identity panic is peak nervous energy.
Costume
Grey's matador drag subverts 1940s gender norms shockingly well.
Director
Charles Barton
Bud Abbott
Harry Lambert
Lou Costello
Joe Bascom / Harry Fish
Virginia Grey
Mary / Montana
Luba Malina
Dagmar
John Hubbard
David Winthrop
Pedro de Cordoba
Señor Martinez
Fritz Feld
Professor Ganzmeyer
Tom Powers
Ed Mason
Frank Fenton
Gus Adamson
Chris-Pin Martin
Mariachi Leader
Martin Richards
Boy (uncredited)
Eddie Kane
Mr. Clarke, Mine Buyer (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Abbott & Costello's first film after their iconic 'Who's on First?' routine went viral on radio.
Mexico's tourism board probably cried—Hollywood reduced their entire country to sombreros, swindlers, and suspicious federales.
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