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Double Feature: WHO DONE IT?, 1942, Universal, 75 min. Dir. Erle C. Kenton. In Abbott & Costello’s first film without musical numbers, they play soda jerks pretending to be detectives in order to solve a murder. The supporting cast is unbeatable: William Bendix, Patrick Knowles, Mary Wickes, Don Porter, Louise Albritton, Thomas Gomez, William Gargan, Jerome Cowan and Ludwig Stossel.

PARDON MY SARONG, 1942, Universal, 84 min. Dir. Erle C. Kenton. In one of their most lavish vehicles, Abbott & Costello are bus drivers helping Honolulu playboy Robert Paige win a big yacht race - until they’re blown off course to an island lorded over by an evil scientist (Lionel Atwill).

Added by AmericanCinematheque on June 19, 2010