Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

They're too wild for one world!

1953 · 77 min · ★ 5.5 · Comedy, Science Fiction

Lester and Orville accidentally launch a rocket which is supposed to fly to Mars. Instead it goes to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. They are then forced by bank robber Mugsy and his pal Harry to fly to Venus where they find a civilization made up entirely of women, men having been banished.

Directed by Charles Lamont · Written by Howard Christie

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