Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)

ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE MUMMY
    D: Charles Lamont                                  (1955)  ¢ ¢ 1/2
    Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marie Windsor,
    Michael Ansara, Richard Deacon, Kurt Katch
Cross-talking idiots turn up in Egypt, and, of course, there's a mummy involved. Late Abbott and Costello and their last monster-movie spoof. By the end, there are three mummies running around, and one of them's Abbott. A lot of it's more silly than inspired - at their best, A & C were silly and inspired - but the pick-and-shovel routine is classic Abbott and Costello. There's a Three Stooges reference late in the film that's both playful and ironic. The Stooges at that point were on the verge of a late-career resurgence, while Bud and Lou were running out of time.