Lum and Abner

Lum and Abner

NR 1949 · 29 min · Comedy, TV Movie

Chester Lauck and Norris Goff tried to bring their highly successful radio show to TV but it didn’t happen. In this failed pilot Abner is on the phone with Mose and says he’ll meet him and Opie Cates to go fishing. Lum comes into the store with a letter from the IRS. He goes to burn it in the stove and sees Abner’s fishing tackle.

Directed by Walter Hart · Written by Betty Boyle

Your Rating

Cast

Make it a double feature

2h 41m together

Lum and Abner

Carrie

A close match in mood and era.

More from Walter HartSee all →

Dark Shadows

Dark Shadows · 1944

MovieCrimeDrama

A police psychiatrist is enlisted to catch a killer.

The Goldbergs

The Goldbergs · 1950

Feature film using characters from the popular radio show and the pioneering 1949 TV series, about a Bronx family coping with everyday problems.

Shoe Shine Boy

Shoe Shine Boy · 1943

MovieDramaMusic

A teenaged shoeshine boy urgently tries to raise the remaining amount of money he needs to purchase a secondhand bugle before 6p.m.

The Last Installment

The Last Installment · 1945

The Last Installment

MovieCrimeDrama

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a criminal idolizes the life of a famous gangster - unaware that his hero met a tragic end.

Easy Life

Easy Life · 1944

MovieCrimeDrama

In this entry in the MGM "Crime Does Not Pay" series young Frank Davis, dropping out of school and joining a small-time hoodlum gang, finds out that leading a life of crime is not all he thought it would be.

Rosie

Unsold television sitcom pilot about a talking dog that befriends a boy.

More Like This

Carrie

MovieHorrorTV Movie

An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl's lonely life is dominated by relentless bullying at school and an oppressive religious fanatic mother at home. When her tormentors pull a humiliating prank at the senior prom, she unleashes a horrifying chaos on everyone, leaving nothing but destruction in her wake.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter