WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

boxthirteen86 The obvious annoying dumbness becomes visible during the time Abbott and Costello were still working at the soda counter. Then continues on throughout the movie. Lou Costello's comedy makes it look like he has some kind of mental disorder. Bud Abbott is like a mental health nurse that Lou Costello made friends with during his time he was still living in the psychiatric ward and Bud helped him escape. Now they found a job at a soda counter for a local radio station and wanted to be writers for a radio program.

Jay Raskin There are some slow spots here and there in this film, but for the most part it is racing through comic bits and lines at a terrific pace. It is one of half a dozen cinematic masterpieces from Abbott and Costello.The material here is almost always good and sometimes it is great. This is blasphemy, but I would rate their "Alexander 2222" routine in this movie as their best ever, even above "Who's on First?" Besides the excellent writing, there is also some excellent cinematography and the sets are first rate.My only fault with the movie is that they did not utilize William Bendix and Mary Wickes as much as they should have. Both of them were on screen for less than ten minutes, but were terrific. They both should have had two or three more scenes. Lou Costello's performance here is frenetic and surreal. He is at his comic best here. I would say that he deserved an Academy Award or at least a nomination for his performance in this movie.

Lee Eisenberg Man, nothing was sacred to Abbott and Costello! In the wacky "Who Done It?", they play soda jerks who pitch an idea to a radio station, and then find themselves in the middle of a murder case! This of course is an excuse for a series of hilarious gags (namely Alexander 2222 and the ledge of the building).One of the things that I liked about this movie is that it's not a musical. I'm just not into musicals. When I watch a comedy, I expect to laugh, and musical numbers cut into that. Here, just get to see Bud and Lou do their stuff. And some funny stuff it is. They must have had fun making it. Really funny!

JoeKarlosi Good solid comedy from Abbott and Costello, one of their better early films. Here they play two drugstore soda jerks who really want to be mystery writers for a radio show called "Murder at Midnight". They find themselves in the studio at the time an on-air murder is committed, and then they turn into amateur detectives while helping the police solve the crime.This leads to some funny material: Lou attempts to get a drink from an uncooperative water fountain; Bud tries to answer Lou's question on "Watt's Volts?"; Lou has to serve a customer a rancid sandwich made of Limburger cheese. One of the greatest bits here is the "Alexander 2222" routine, where Lou has just five minutes to get to a pay telephone to call a nearby radio station to claim some prize money, but can't get through the line while several other patrons call Alaska, Russia, and Brazil with no trouble! Other funny sequences surround Lou and William Bendix, who plays a dopey policeman who gets himself handcuffed and then tormented by Lou; and a scheming elevator boy who continually makes a chump out of a clueless Costello by constantly playing practical jokes on him.The film is interestingly photographed, with occasional weird angles and shadowy, noirish lighting. Best of all, here's a rare installment for the comedy duo which is totally free of any intrusive musical numbers. *** out of ****