Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion Page #4

Synopsis: 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 nasty Sheik Hamud El Khalid. Bits include Lou's mirage sightings, one a New York newsboy ("they gave me a bad corner").
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Director(s): Charles Lamont
Production: Universal Pictures
 
IMDB:
6.8
APPROVED
Year:
1950
80 min
83 Views


One guy had a face... He

had a face all over a face.

With a big mustache like that.

Yes.

And they had little knives too.

They got another name for 'em.

Uh, dirks. Yeah, the whole

three of them were dirks.

In fact, Bud,

What?

they, they looked

like these guys.

A-And every time I took a

step, they would take a step.

Oh, come on.

I think so.

Oh, Bud!

Bud, I wanna go home.

What's the matter?

There's something I want to

take back to America. Me. What?

Will you stop acting like

a coward? Who's acting?

If we go home, Frankie'll

have us bumped off. Oh.

We're safe as long as

we stay here in the crowd.

And now, gentlemen, lot

number 36, three slave girls.

You must buy all three or none.

We cannot break up the set.

Here we are.

Do I have a bid?

I have a bid

of 5,000 francs.

Do I have more?

Do I hear more?

10,000 francs

from the great desert sheik.

Any other bids?

Any other bids?

10,000.

10,000!

Sold to His Excellency!

Slave girls.

Slave girls?

Slave girls.

Uh, a girl you take home.

She cooks for you, she sews for

you, she does all your washing...

and she's a servant

for the rest of your life.

In Algiers, they call 'em "slave girls.

" In America, we call 'em "wives. "

Well? Not yet. They're over there.

Not while I'm here,

you fool.

It might bring

the Legionnaires.

And now

lot number 37.

Six beautiful girls,

the prize of the auction.

Prince Musa Ben Mahmud

is liquidating his holdings.

Just look at these

gorgeous desert flowers.

Do I have a bid? Hey, there's the girl

I met when those guys were chasing me.

Do I hear a bid? We have

no time to bother with her.

I have a bid of 5,000

francs. Hey, wait a minute.

This dame setup might be just

the thing to attract Abdullah.

Let's look around

and see if he's in the crowd.

I now have a bid

of 10,000 francs.

Do I hear more?

Do I hear more?

I now have 15,000. Any

other bid? Any other bid?

I now have 20,000.

I now have

60,000 francs.

The sheik bids 80.

I have now 90, 100, 120.

125.!

140,000.!

160,000 francs!

160,000! Any other bid?

Any other bid?

160,000!

Sold to the American!

Hey, what happened?

Some American bought all

these slave girls. Some...

Hey, get a load

of that guy over there.

He looks mad enough

to slit somebody's throat.

Oh, him? He's my pal. He was waving

at me all through the auction. Yeah.

Then somebody said, "Sold

American," and he stopped.

He was waving at you? Mm-hmm.

Yes, he was going like that,

so I waved back.

Why, you nitwit, you bought the

girls! Let's get out of here.

Let me congratulate you, and

you can pay me the money now.

Make him out a check. Uh, I'm

sorry, neighbor, but the deal is off.

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