Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. 1948 Universal Pictures.
Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Glenn Strange, Lenore Aubert, Jane Rudolph, Vincent Price (voice only, uncredited)
Director: Charles T. Barton
Available from Amazon as part of the Complete Universal Pictures Collection.
Two Florida baggage clerks named Chick and Wilbur are responsible for two crates that need to be shipped to a horror museum owned by a Mr. MacDougal (Frank Ferguson). They allegedly contain the remains of Dracula (Lugosi) and the Frankenstein monster (Strange). Dracula awakens, hypnotizes Wilbur, and spirits away his own coffin as well as the revived monster. Mr. MacDougal finds the crates empty, accuses the boys of theft, and has them arrested.
Dr. Sandra Mornay (Aubert) receives Dracula and the Monster at her island castle. She has been posing as Wilbur's girlfriend, and she has collaborated with Dracula to replace the Monster's brain with Wilbur's. Back at home, Wilbur and Chick are bailed out of jail by Joan Raymond (Randolph). She is secretly working for the company processing MacDougal's insurance claim, and she hopes Wilbur will lead her to the missing 'exhibits'.
Larry Talbot (Chaney Jr.) has taken the apartment across the hall from Wilbur and Chick, and he's been tracking Dracula and the Monster, since he knows they are alive. He asks the boys for their help in finding and destroying the two villains. Wilbur goes along, but Chick thinks both of them are crazy. Talbot also has a secret: he transforms into the Wolf Man when the moon rises. Wilbur is stalked by the Wolf Man after he brings over Talbot's luggage that he left behind, and doesn't realize it.
The action soon moves to the house of Dracula for a masquerade ball, with Wilbur frequently having run-ins with monsters, and Chick refusing to believe it. Talbot arrives on the scene, along with MacDougal, and pretty soon, the boys are dealing with all three famous Universal monsters. Will they survive?
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