The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)

While I love Abbott and Costello's "Who's on first?" routine, I've never watched their movies, so I gave this one a try.  

Funniest scene:  Costello has frog soup.  Only the frog is a little on the raw side.

Props to George Cleveland as the "Judge".  

A&C play a comedy trope you can see in Crosby-Hope or Wheeler & Woolsey. One partner is the con-man and the other a gullible boob (and gets most of the laughs). Anyway,  Wistful Wagon is pretty funny as A&C end up in a Lawless Western town that forces Costello to support a Widow (well played by Marjorie Main) and her seven kids.  Its even more fun when Costello becomes bullet-proof since anyone who kills him must take his place. Its only 78 minutes, and that includes some gun play and a song.  Enjoyable.  Rating ***