Lum and Abner Abroad is a 1956 European comedy film directed by James V. Kern and written by Carl Herzinger.
The film stars Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Jill Alis, Lila Audres, Gene Gary, and Chris Peters.
According to co-star Chester Lauck, the Yugoslavian crew was so inexperienced and the conditions so primitive that director James V. Kern had to improvise technical shortcuts, like hanging a microphone on a pole to function as a makeshift boom.
[2] Although the international actors spoke English and were not dubbed, the finished film lacked the usual Hollywood production polish, and no major distributor would release it.
A retrospective review at TV Guide praised Lum and Abner's performances but criticized the poor editing (fade-outs and fade-ins for commercial breaks were left in the theatrical prints) and simplistic script, giving the film one out of five stars.