Mexican Hayride (1947)

A swindler (Bud Abbott) and his dupe (Lou Costello) are in Mexico evading the U.S. authorities. When the con man begins selling stock in a non existent silver mine in the dupe's name, the authorities catch up with them and they go on the lam. Based on the Cole Porter musical and directed by Charles Barton (ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN). Another of those perplexing decisions when Hollywood buys the film rights to a hit Broadway musical and then proceeds to toss all the songs out and uses just the book. The book was thin on Broadway but at least it had those Cole Porter songs (though the show didn't have any hit songs). Here the undernourished plot is turned into a vehicle for Abbott and Costello. As such, it's silly fun though if you're not a fan of the comic team (I am!), you may find it worthless. There are some genuinely funny gags and at a brief one hour and 17 minutes, it doesn't wear out its welcome. With Virginia Grey (in the role June Havoc played on Broadway), John Hubbard, Fritz Feld and Luba Malina.