Thursday, May 17, 2012

Rio Rita (1942)

MGM
Directed by S. Sylvan Simon
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Archive Collection)

Dull Abbott and Costello entry with the thinnest of plots: they end up at a south Texas dude ranch with Nazi spies. Gags for Lou include a spinning car on a lift, a talking dog and a giant washing machine. None of them are funny. The romantic subplot between Kathryn Grayson and John Carroll is tiresome, as are their songs, which include Grayson doing opera scales.

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