Lum and Abner Abroad Reviews

This was originally three short television shows based on the famous radio comedy team. However, they were linked together by a narration and released as a sort of three-part film. The first story finds Lauck and Goff helping out Alis, a ballerina unlucky in love. She's crazy about a journalist who's missing, and the two kindly gents, with the help of the US Embassy, get the lovers back together. Next it's off to Paris where they accidentally get involved with some smugglers. Finally they end up in Monte Carlo, breaking the bank, but settling for $14.80 so that the good citizens won't have to pay any taxes. For their efforts, they are admirably decorated. The film painfully shows its television background with a simplistic script and poor connections. The low-budget production includes the sound fading before the picture. Lauck and Goff still have a nice folksiness about them that sneaks through, despite the poor quality of the film.