Screenplay: John Grant
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by John Grant. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction Charles Barton
Cast Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Bela Lugosi · Lon Chaney Jr.
Plot The world of freight handlers Wilbur Grey (Costello) and Chick Young (Abbott) is turned upside down when the remains of Frankenstein's monster and Dracula arrive from Europe to be used...
6.2
1K votes
6.2
1K votes
Hold That Ghost
1941 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction Arthur Lubin
Cast Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Mischa Auer · Richard Carlson
Plot Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. Their trip to claim their fortune is sidetracked when they are stranded in a haunted...
6.2
613 votes
6.2
613 votes
Buck Privates
1941 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction Arthur Lubin
Cast Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Patty Andrews · Maxene Andrews
Plot Bud and Lou enlist in the army in order to escape being hauled off to jail, and soon find themselves in boot camp. To their dismay, the company's drill instructor...
5.9
45 votes
5.9
45 votes
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Charles Lamont
Cast Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Nancy Guild · Arthur Franz
Plot Boxer Tommy Nelson is accused of killing his manager. While detectives Bud and Lou investigate they come across an invisibility formula with which Tommy injects himself rather than face the...
5.8
144 votes
5.8
144 votes
The Time of Their Lives
1946 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Charles Barton
Cast Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Marjorie Reynolds · Binnie Barnes
Plot Two ghosts who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War return to 20th century New England to retieve a letter from George Washington which would prove their innocence.
5.6
28 votes
5.6
28 votes
In the Navy
1941 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction Arthur Lubin
Cast Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Dick Powell · Claire Dodd
Plot Russ Raymond, America's number one crooner, disappears and joins the Navy under the name Tommy Halstead. Dorothy Roberts, a magazine journalist, is intent on finding out what happened to Russ...
5.6
81 votes
5.6
81 votes
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Charles Lamont
Cast Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Patricia Medina · Walter Slezak
Plot 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...
5.6
36 votes
5.6
36 votes
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
1955 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction Charles Lamont
Cast Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Fred Clark · Lynn Bari
Plot Harry and Willie buy the Edison Movie Studio in the year 1912 from Joseph Gorman, a confidence man. They follow Gorman to Hollywood where, as stunt men, they find him...
5.5
29 votes
5.5
29 votes
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
1955 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction Charles Lamont
Cast Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Marie Windsor · Michael Ansara
Plot Bud and Lou find themselves pursued by an Egyptian cult for a special medallion linked to a walking mummy.
5.5
140 votes
5.5
140 votes
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
1949 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction Charles Barton
Cast Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Boris Karloff · Lenore Aubert
Plot Lost Caverns Hotel bellhop Freddie Phillips is suspected of murder. Swami Talpur tries to hypnotize Freddie into confessing, but Freddie is too stupid for the plot to work. Inspector Wellman...
5.4
69 votes
5.4
69 votes
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1953 · Movie · 76 min. · United States
Direction Charles Lamont
Cast Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Boris Karloff · Craig Stevens
Plot Slim and Tubby are American cops in London to study police tactics. They wind up in jail and are bailed out by Dr. Jekyll. Jekyll has been murdering fellow doctors...
5.4
58 votes
5.4
58 votes
Double Crossbones
1951 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
Direction Charles Barton
Cast Donald O´Connor · Helena Carter · Will Geer · John Emery
Plot Falsely accused by the corrupt Governor Elden of Charleston of fencing stolen pirate booty, young Davey Crandall and friend Tom Botts buy passage on the ship of local buccaneer Bloodthirsty...
5.2
38 votes
5.2
38 votes
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
1952 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
Direction Charles Lamont
Cast Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Charles Laughton · Hillary Brooke
Plot Oliver "Puddin' Head" Johnson (Lou Costello) and Rocky Stonebridge (Bud Abbott) are on their way to Death's Head Tavern, where they work. They encounter Lady Jane (Fran Warren), who asks...
5.2
91 votes
5.2
91 votes
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
1953 · Movie · 77 min. · United States
Direction Charles Lamont
Cast Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Mari Blanchard · Robert Paige
Plot Lester and Orville accidentally launch a rocket which is supposed to fly to Mars. Instead it goes to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. They are then forced by bank robber...
4.9
51 votes
4.9
51 votes
Keep 'Em Flying
1941 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction Arthur Lubin
Cast Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Martha Raye · Carol Bruce
Plot When a barnstorming stunt pilot decides to join the air corps, his two goofball assistants decide to go with him. Since the two are Abbott & Costello, the air corps...
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Rio Rita
1942 · Movie · 91 min. · United States
Direction S. Sylvan Simon
Cast Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Kathryn Grayson · John Carroll
Plot Doc and Wishey run into some Nazi-agents, who want to smuggle bombs into the USA from a Mexican border hotel.
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Comin' Round the Mountain
1951 · Movie · 77 min. · United States
Direction Charles Lamont
Cast Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Dorothy Shay · Kirby Grant
Plot Bud and Lou get mixed up with hillbillies, witches and love potions.
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The Noose Hangs High
1948 · Movie · 77 min. · United States
Direction Charles Barton
Cast Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Joseph Calleia · Leon Errol
Plot Abbott and Costello are two window washers who are mistaken by Nick Craig, a bookie, as the messengers he sent for to pick up $50,000. Now the person he sent...
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One Night in the Tropics
1940 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction A. Edward Sutherland
Cast Allan Jones · Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Nancy Kelly
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The Naughty Nineties
1945 · Movie · 76 min. · United States
Direction Jean Yarbrough
Cast Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Alan Curtis · Rita Johnson
Plot In the gay '90s, cardsharps take over a Mississippi riverboat from a kindly captain. Their first act is to change the showboat into a floating gambling house. A ham actor...
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