Movies

The Noose Hangs High (1948) I had never even heard of this Abbott and Costello movie, produced by Eagle-Lion Pictures. The boys are high altitude window cleaners, naturally, but that pretext is dropped as soon as they get involved with the missing 50Gs gangster Joseph Calleia owes eccentric gambler Leon Errol. This would be a good one to show a person who had never seen an Abbott and Costello movie, as Lou has developed beyond his more obnoxious childlike mannerisms and is genuinely funny, while Bud's badgering and setting him up is sometimes casually malicious. Showcases some of their lesser routines - Mike Mazurki is the foil for I'll Bet You're Not Here, Lou does The Horse's Fodder with Errol, and together the boys go through a meandering version of I Don't Like Mustard. Overall a good, representative film of moderate entertainment value. 6/10