Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
1952 film by Charles Lamont / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd is a 1952 comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, along with Charles Laughton, who reprised his role as the infamous pirate from the 1945 film Captain Kidd. It was the second film in SuperCineColor, a three-color version of the two-color Cinecolor process, and which utilized an Eastmancolor negative as Cinecolor did not offer three-color origination, only two-color origination via bipack.
| Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Charles Lamont |
| Written by | Howard Dimsdale John Grant |
| Produced by | Alex Gottlieb |
| Starring | Bud Abbott Lou Costello Charles Laughton Hillary Brooke Leif Erickson Fran Warren |
| Cinematography | Stanley Cortez |
| Edited by | Edward Mann |
| Music by | Raoul Kraushaar |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date | December 27, 1952 |
Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $701,688[1] |
| Box office | $2 million (US)[2] |