Africa Screams

Africa Screams is a 1949 American film about two booksellers who search for diamonds in Africa, along the way meeting a visually-impaired gunner, a hungry lion, and a tribe of cannibals.
 * Directed by Charles Barton. Written by Earl Baldwin.

Abbott & Costello on the Silliest Safari Ever! (taglines)

Buzz Johnson

 * [to Stanley] I'm going to make a hero out of you whether you like it or not.

Stanley Livington

 * That's the kind of girl I dream about. But you should see the ones I get.


 * I'm not afraid of nothing . Not even you. I'm a pretty brave kid. I don't care about kittens. I don't care how big the kittens are.

Dialogue

 * Buzz Johnson: You mean, you intend to take a trip to Africa?
 * Diana Emerson: Very differently, I'm planning a safari.


 * Buzz Johnson: I can't understand why you have this terrible fear of animals in you. What is it?
 * Stanley Livington: When I was a little baby I was scared by my piggy bank.
 * Buzz Johnson: That's nonsense.
 * Stanley Livington: You wanna hear something worse?
 * Buzz Johnson: What?
 * Stanley Livington: I was 15 years old before I ate my first animal cracker.


 * Buzz Johnson: [sees Harry with a glass of water] Where're you going with the water?
 * Harry: Oh my tent's on fire!


 * Stanley Livington: [while in Africa] So if I draw the map I can go home?
 * Buzz Johnson: What do you want to go home for?
 * Stanley Livington: I forgot something.
 * Buzz Johnson: What did you forget?
 * Stanley Livington: I forgot to stay there.


 * Buzz Johnson: Mr Livington, what about that raise I've been asking for?
 * Stanley Livington: I'll talk to my partner if he's in.
 * Buzz Johnson: Thank you, Sir.
 * Stanley Livington: He's in.

Taglines

 * A Three Ring Circus of African Thrills and Laughs!


 * Abbott & Costello on the Silliest Safari Ever!


 * Adventure Has Never Been Dizzier as Abbott & Costello Invade the Dark Continent!


 * A Zany, Hilarious Romp!


 * Those Joy Boys are in hot water again in DARKEST LAFF-RICA!


 * LOOK what's cookin' in AFRICA!!

Cast

 * Bud Abbott — Buzz Johnson
 * Lou Costello — Stanley Livington
 * Clyde Beatty — herself
 * Frank Buck — himself
 * Max Baer — Grappler McCoy
 * Buddy Baer — Boots Wilson
 * Hillary Brooke — Diana Emerson
 * Shemp Howard — Gunner
 * Joe Besser — Harry
 * Burton Wenland — Bobo
 * Charles Gemora — The Ape