"IT'S THE Daffiest, Happiest SLEIGH RIDE YOU'VE EVER BEEN TAKEN ON!" 02 June 1943 Comedy 82 mins
After Flash Fulton and Weejie McCoy take pictures of a bank robbery, they're lured to the mountain resort hideout of the robbers, where they meet an old friend and his band.
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Bud Abbott as Flash Fulton
Lou Costello as Weejie 'Tubby' McCoy
Ginny Simms as Marcia Manning
Patric Knowles as Dr. William 'Bill' Burns
Elyse Knox as Peggy Osborne
Joe Sawyer as Buster
Marc Lawrence as Phil
Sheldon Leonard as Harry 'Silky' Fellowsby
Johnny Long as Orchestra Leader
Bobby Barber as Candy Butcher (uncredited)
Hank Bell as Sleigh Driver (uncredited)
Wade Boteler as Train Conductor #2 (uncredited)
Cordelia Campbell as Child Skater (uncredited)
Ken Christy as Fire Chief (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan as Train Conductor #1 (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn as Officer Murphy (uncredited)
Charles Lamont Director
Frederic I. Rinaldo Screenplay
John Grant Screenplay
Alex Gottlieb Producer
Milton Feldman Executive Producer
John B. Goodman Art Direction
Bernard B. Brown Sound Director
Robert Lees Screenplay
Charles Van Enger Director of Photography
True Eames Boardman Original Story
Paul Sawtell Original Music Composer
Charles Previn Music Director
Frank Gross Editor
Harold H. MacArthur Art Direction
Russell A. Gausman Set Decoration
A.J. Gilmore Set Decoration
Gianni E Pinotto - Avventura In Montagna Trailer
United Kingdom 02 June 1943
United States 02 June 1943
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