even by abbott and costello standard and africa scream be a terrible film with a few amusing moment . there be some item of interest to movie buff today and such a the casting of two of the three stooge and shemp howard and joe besser and in secondary role while this be seven year before besser replace shemp a the third stooge . africa scream be a rare independent production for a and c. it be film by nassour studio and though the team be still under contract to universal . the previous year have see bud and lou reach the top of the box office after a slump in the mid forty and with abbott and costello meet frankenstein and arguably their best film ever . whether africa scream be plan prior to that success or be a result of it and i do not know . in any event and it be a one off and a a and c immediately return to universal afterward and stay there until 1955 and when they be drop . they make one more independent film in 1956 and dance with me and henry and before call it quit for good . africa scream be a hodgepodge of old routine and a few new one and and an african safari plot that pop up occasionally and mainly to justify the presence of animal trainer clyde beatty and frank buck . the pro boxing brother and max baer and buddy baer and be along for the ride too a a couple of tough henchman . so we get the obligatory lion tame sequence from mr. beatty and and a punch out scene with the two baer brother . frank buck and fortunately and have virtually nothing to do . joe besser have one funny moment when he hear one of the others reveal a secret while he punch the guy on the arm and in his best spoiled brat voice say and ooo and youre such a snitch . shemp howard and like frank buck and be nowhere to be see during most of the action and when he be and have nothing amuse to do . a for abbott and costello themselves and they resurrect any number of old routine and most of which be not relate to the plot at all . it almost like watch an early television variety show where they come on at interval and do a sketch and then depart . abbott do the familiar bit where he think lou have be kill and delivers a long and mournful monologue about what a great guy lou be and how he and abbott and be to blame . even though lou stand right there . ( how many time do a and c and the three stooge use that routine . ) my favorite be lou reprise the whispering threat business from wistful widow of wagon gap where he challenge the bad guy to a no hold bar fight and but from a distance where they can not see him and in a voice so slight they can not hear him . for about three minute and it a very funny film . the casting of besser and hillary brooke and a the female lead and foreshadows in fact the abbott and costello tv show of the early fifty and a both would be regular . production value of africa scream be bottom of the barrel and make any of the team universal flick look like go with the wind by comparison . well and the good news be and there be about 35 other abbott and costello film to watch instead .