Every now and again, Bud Abbott & Lou Costello would not be partners, but instead be playing individual roles, as is the case in 1946's "The Time of Their Lives".
Lou is a Colonial era tinker, competing with a duplicitous nobleman (Abbott) for a young maid's hand. Circumstances result in Horatio (Costello) and the wife of another nobleman being mistakenly branded as traitors and killed, leaving their ghosts to haunt the grounds until their innocence can be proven. Gale Sondergaard and Marjorie Reynolds co-star.
Edit, 9/18/23: Had to change to a trailer for the movie:
Abbott essays a dual role, as he also portrays a modern descendant of the nobleman, seeking to atone for his ancestor's misdeeds. Costello may be the same bumbling soul he usually played, but here he's brave instead of cowardly, motivated by the pursuit of innocence.
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