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Pardon My Sarong

1942 · 84 min

A breezy, silly romp full of slapstick and wordplay, easy to enjoy without thinking too hard.

Directed by: Erle C. Kenton
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Virginia Bruce

Tagline: They're jammin' the jungle with jest and jive!
Overview: A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat trip that finds them on a tropical island, where a jewel thief has sinister plans for them.

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Directed by: Erle C. Kenton
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Virginia Bruce

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 3 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
deception
greed
survival
Places: sea
small town
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	4
Horror	1
Humour	8
Realism	3
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	2

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Genres: comedy
Directed by: Erle C. Kenton
Written by: John Grant, True Boardman, Nat Perrin
Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Virginia Bruce, Robert Paige, Lionel Atwill, Leif Erickson, Nan Wynn, William Demarest
Cinematography: Milton Krasner
Runtime: 84 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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