Hit the Ice

Hit the Ice

2/6/1943 1h 22m 5.9/10

Overview

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.

Director

Charles Lamont

Top Billed Cast

Patric Knowles

Patric Knowles

Dr. William 'Bill' Burns

Lou Costello

Lou Costello

Weejie 'Tubby' McCoy

Bud Abbott

Bud Abbott

Flash Fulton

Joe Sawyer

Joe Sawyer

Buster

Elyse Knox

Elyse Knox

Peggy Osborne

Ginny Simms

Ginny Simms

Marcia Manning

Reviews

John Chard

9/18/2014

6/10

Not quite Universal Studios flogging a dead horse... ...but dangerously close. However, there is still enough here to keep the grin on the face and there is still a high production value within the structure, if only the same could be said of the writing! I tend to feel with Abbott & Costello movies it pays to take a break for a few months and then go back to further viewings refreshed and not feeling a sense of seen this before repetitiveness. This one sees the boys as photographers who unwittingly get mixed up in a bank robbery and have to flee to a ski resort to hopefully prove their innocence. The usual pratfalls are abound as Tubby constantly loses his pants, gets his bum set on fire, skis with a grizzly bear, and of course he tries to woo the pretty lady by bluffing he can play the piano. Music comes courtesy of Ginny Simms and the Johnny Long Orchestra, with stoic supporting acting duties falling to Patric Knowles, Elyse Knox and the always great Sheldon Leonard as the chief villain. Not close to being in the top five outings from the guys, but certainly an above average offering showing glimpses of just why they really were a special talent back in the day. 6/10

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