Hit the Ice

Hit the Ice (1943)

IT'S THE Daffiest, Happiest SLEIGH RIDE YOU'VE EVER BEEN TAKEN ON!

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.

Date of release
1943-06-02
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (32)
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Charles Lamont

Casting

Interesting facts

Hit the Ice is a 1943 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello and their first film directed by Charles Lamont. Lamont later directed the team's last few films in the 1950s.

Production

Hit the Ice was put into production 12 days after the team completed It Ain't Hay. It was filmed from November 23 through December 31, 1942. Erle C. Kenton was replaced by Charles Lamont on Hit the Ice after problems with Lou Costello.

On the final day of shooting, the team appeared on their weekly radio show, where they were crowned the nation's top box-office stars for 1942 in a poll of theater exhibitors.

The film contains their routine "All Right", where Costello attempts to impress a girl with his piano playing ability by miming to a phonograph record a hidden Abbott is playing. But Abbott repeatedly falls asleep on the job, leading to some frantic improvisation.

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