Africa Screams
Africa Screams is a 1949 American film about two booksellers who search for diamonds in Africa, along the way meeting a visually-impaired gunner, a hungry lion, and a tribe of cannibals.
- Directed by Charles Barton. Written by Earl Baldwin.
Buzz Johnson
[edit]- [to Stanley] I'm going to make a hero out of you whether you like it or not.
Stanley Livington
[edit]- That's the kind of girl I dream about. But you should see the ones I get.
- I'm not afraid of nothing . Not even you. I'm a pretty brave kid. I don't care about kittens. I don't care how big the kittens are.
Dialogue
[edit]- Buzz Johnson: You mean, you intend to take a trip to Africa?
- Diana Emerson: Very differently, I'm planning a safari.
- Buzz Johnson: I can't understand why you have this terrible fear of animals in you. What is it?
- Stanley Livington: When I was a little baby I was scared by my piggy bank.
- Buzz Johnson: That's nonsense.
- Stanley Livington: You wanna hear something worse?
- Buzz Johnson: What?
- Stanley Livington: I was 15 years old before I ate my first animal cracker.
- Buzz Johnson: [sees Harry with a glass of water] Where're you going with the water?
- Harry: Oh my tent's on fire!
- Stanley Livington: [while in Africa] So if I draw the map I can go home?
- Buzz Johnson: What do you want to go home for?
- Stanley Livington: I forgot something.
- Buzz Johnson: What did you forget?
- Stanley Livington: I forgot to stay there.
- Buzz Johnson: Mr Livington, what about that raise I've been asking for?
- Stanley Livington: I'll talk to my partner if he's in.
- Buzz Johnson: Thank you, Sir.
- Stanley Livington: He's in.
Taglines
[edit]- A Three Ring Circus of African Thrills and Laughs!
- Abbott & Costello on the Silliest Safari Ever!
- Adventure Has Never Been Dizzier as Abbott & Costello Invade the Dark Continent!
- A Zany, Hilarious Romp!
- Those Joy Boys are in hot water again in DARKEST LAFF-RICA!
- LOOK what's cookin' in AFRICA!!
Cast
[edit]- Bud Abbott — Buzz Johnson
- Lou Costello — Stanley Livington
- Clyde Beatty — herself
- Frank Buck — himself
- Max Baer — Grappler McCoy
- Buddy Baer — Boots Wilson
- Hillary Brooke — Diana Emerson
- Shemp Howard — Gunner
- Joe Besser — Harry
- Burton Wenland — Bobo
- Charles Gemora — The Ape
External links
[edit]
- Africa Screams quotes at the Internet Movie Database