Rating: NR
Genre:
Comedy
Release Date: 05/17/2005
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 80 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: MGM
Dance With Me, Henry was the screen swan song for the
comedy team of
Bud Abbott and
Lou Costello. Most of the action takes place in Kiddieland, an amusement park owned by soft-hearted
Lou Henry (
Costello). An inveterate collector of strays,
Lou has adopted orphaned kids
Shelley (
Gigi Perreau) and
Duffer (
Rusty Hamer), and has also provided a safe harbor for chronic gambler
Bud Flick (
Abbott).
Bud's enormous gambling debts bring
Lou under the scrutiny of gangster
Big Frank (
Ted De Corsia), who in turn is being monitored by
DA Proctor (
Robert Shayne). When
Proctor is murdered,
Lou finds himself the number one suspect. The film concludes with a riotous chase through the carnival grounds, with
Bud and
Lou just a few steps ahead of the bad guys. Both
Abbott and
Costello seem tired and worn out in
Dance With Me, Henry, but a few bright moments manage to seep through the malaise of moldy old jokes and half-hearted sight gags.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Bud and Lou's Swan Song.
The comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello bring down the final curtain on their film career together as they star in this rather dried-up grade B comedy as the owners of a kids' amusement park where gangsters have hidden a satchel containing $200,000 in stolen bank money, and Lou also tries to retain custody of a teenage girl and her little brother. Good night, Bud and Lou. Also starring Gigi Perreau, Rusty Hamer, Ted de Corsia, Ron Hargrave, Mary Wickes, Paul Sorenson, Richard Reeves, Sherry Alberoni, Frank Wilcox, Eddie Marr, Walter Reed, Robert Shayne, Gil Rankin, John Cliff, Phil Garris, David McMahon, and Rod Williams.
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