Africa Screams

Africa Screams
Original theatrical release lobby card
Directed byCharles Barton
Written byEarl Baldwin
Screenplay byMartin Ragaway
Leonard B. Stern
Produced byHuntington Hartford
Edward Nassour
StarringBud Abbott
Lou Costello
Clyde Beatty
Frank Buck
Max Baer
Buddy Baer
Shemp Howard
Joe Besser
CinematographyCharles Van Enger
Edited byFrank Gross
Music byWalter Schumann
Production
companies
Huntington Hartford Productions
Nassour Studios
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release dates
  • May 4, 1949 (1949-05-04) (New York City, New York)
  • May 27, 1949 (1949-05-27) (United States)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$500,000[1]
Box office$1.5 million[2]

Africa Screams is a 1949 American adventure comedy film starring Abbott and Costello and directed by Charles Barton that parodies the safari genre. The title is a play on the title of the 1930 documentary Africa Speaks! The supporting cast features Clyde Beatty, Frank Buck, Hillary Brooke, Max Baer, Buddy Baer, Shemp Howard and Joe Besser. The film entered the public domain in 1977.

  1. ^ Furmanek, Bob; Palumbo, Ron (1991). Abbott and Costello in Hollywood. New York: Perigee Books. ISBN 0-399-51605-0 p 187
  2. ^ "Top Grossers of 1949". Variety. 4 January 1950. p. 59.