Directed by:
Sidney MillerScreenplay:
Arthur A. RossCinematography:
Frank G. CarsonCast:
Lou Costello, Dorothy Provine, Gale Gordon, Will Wright, Doodles Weaver, Bobby Barber, Jimmy Conlin, Peter Leeds, Veola Vonn, Charles Lane, Robert Burton (more)VOD (1)
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Lou Costello made his only film appearance without Bud Abbott in 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock. Lou plays a bumbling junk dealer who fancies himself a great inventor. One of his creations transforms his girlfriend Dorothy Provine into a towering giant! The subsequent shenanigans involve Lou, the humongous Ms. Provine, her bombastic uncle Gale Gordon, and the entire US Army. Before Dorothy can be returned to normal size again, Lou's invention transmogrifies into a time machine and rocketship. 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock tries to be a satire of Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman, a slapstick comedy, a marital farce, and a sci-fi epic all in one. Costello offers some choice comic moments in the climactic chase sequence. The special effects are a bit grainy, but convincing within their medium-budget limits. Our favorite bit: the "barking Sputnik", a cute comment on the US-Russian space race. By the time 30-Foot Bride of Candy Rock hit the theaters, Lou Costello was dead, precluding any followups (if, indeed, any were planned). (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Lou Costello
USA
Best movies:
Who Done It? (1942)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
Dorothy Provine
USA
Best movies:
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
That Darn Cat! (1965)
The Great Race (1965)
Gale Gordon
USA
Best movies:
Speedway (1968)
The 'Burbs (1989)
All in a Night's Work (1961)
Will Wright
USA
Best movies:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Doodles Weaver
USA
Best movies:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
Double Wedding (1937)
The Birds (1963)
Bobby Barber
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
Jimmy Conlin
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Captains Courageous (1937)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Peter Leeds
USA
Best movies:
Stalag 17 (1953)
Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
The Devil's Disciple (1959) - narrator
Veola Vonn
USA
Best movies:
The Big Sky (1952)
Lafayette Escadrille (1958)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
Charles Lane
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Robert Burton
USA
Best movies:
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Robert Nichols
USA
Best movies:
Giant (1956)
Julius Caesar (1953)
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
Joey Faye
USA
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Ten North Frederick (1958)
The Front (1976)
Arthur Walsh
Canada
Best movies:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
Joseph J. Greene
USA
Best movies:
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
Mushy Callahan
USA
Best movies:
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
House of Strangers (1949)
Champion (1949)
Russell Trent
USA