Mexican Hayride

Mexican Hayride (1948)

Two con men selling phony stock flee to Mexico ahead of the law, where they run into a woman friend from their earlier days, who is now a bullfighter.

Date of release
1948-12-27
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (15)
Runtime
1h 18m
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Director
Charles Barton

Casting

Interesting facts

Mexican Hayride is a 1948 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. The film is based on Cole Porter's Broadway musical Mexican Hayride starring Bobby Clark. No songs from the stage musical were used in the film.

Production

Mexican Hayride was filmed from June 11 through August 12, 1948. Early plans for production called for the film to be made in Technicolor.

Both Costello and Abbott objected to the making of this film. Costello wanted a different cast, including Carmen Miranda and Lucille Ball, while Abbott simply hated the script. They were both suspended for a week, and filming began only two days behind schedule.

Costello's brother Pat plays one of the detectives on his trail. In one scene ("Like you?" "Like me!"), the physical description of Costello's character Joe Bascom is compared with that of the detective, noting several similarities.

The Cole Porter song "I Love You" sung by Virginia Grey and John Hubbard was filmed but cut from the released movie.

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