There are a small handful of slightly amusing moments in this (such as when Lou Costello has a couch spring attached to his pants), but they are infrequent in this misguided film version of the 1944 Broadway musical that eliminated all of Cole Porter's songs. Bud and Lou are hiding separately in Mexico, wanted in the United States for being involved in an oil stock scam. Lou discovers that Bud was scamming him, and it becomes a game of survival and one upmanship when Lou spots Bud.
It's hard to root for either one of them in this as the plot is rather heavyhanded and much of the film overrun with stereotypes and cliches, especially spitfire Luba Malina, Lou posing as a tamale peddler the police spot on a Mexican country road and the choice of music. Lou making fresh tortillas certainly isn't Lucy and Ethel breaking bread. There are lots of gaps between the funny gags, and there are numerous attempts to get laughs that land as flat as a properly cooked tortilla.
It's hard to root for either one of them in this as the plot is rather heavyhanded and much of the film overrun with stereotypes and cliches, especially spitfire Luba Malina, Lou posing as a tamale peddler the police spot on a Mexican country road and the choice of music. Lou making fresh tortillas certainly isn't Lucy and Ethel breaking bread. There are lots of gaps between the funny gags, and there are numerous attempts to get laughs that land as flat as a properly cooked tortilla.