Abbott & Costello Meet Captain Kidd "TV-Animated" siccing the big cats on

siccing the big cats on any fool who dares get in his way

" It's all great Kiplingesque adventure

Beautifully directed by Victor Saville (Green Dolphin Street)

a nifty film noir thriller that Time deemed "worthy of being bracketed in the select group of train thrillers headed by Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes

a feather-brained but lovable bellboy who dreams of becoming an agent for the Union's secret service during the Civil War

Abbott & Costello Meet Captain Kidd "TV-Animated" siccing the big cats onAbbott. Costello. Laughton. Three stars boasting one Oscar between them deliver the yo ho ho ho ing of this merry musical comedy tale of pirates and buried treasure. Casting an acclaimed actor renowned for gravitas in a knockabout romp may seem unusual. Yet Academy Award winner* Charles Laughton, who portrayed menacing Captain Bligh in Mutiny on the Bounty and the title role in the swashbuckling adventure Captain Kidd, sails into this sea of silliness