The Naughty Nineties
“A Show Boat Load of Laughter!”
1945•NR•1h 16m•6.7•Released
Comedy
In the gay '90s, cardsharps take over a Mississippi riverboat from a kindly captain. Their first act is to change the showboat into a floating gambling house. A ham actor and his bumbling sidekick try to devise a way to help the captain regain ownership of the vessel.
Director
Jean Yarbrough
Writer
Edmund L. Hartmann, John Grant, Edmund Joseph, Hal Fimberg, Clyde Bruckman
Languages
English
Studio
Universal Pictures
Cast
Bud Abbott
Dexter Broadhurst
Lou Costello
Sebastian Dinwiddle
Alan Curtis
Mr. Crawford
Rita Johnson
Bonita Farrow
Henry Travers
Capt. Sam Jackson
Lois Collier
Miss Caroline Jackson
Joe Sawyer
Bailey
Joe Kirk
Croupier
Bill Alcorn
Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Audley Anderson
Card Player (uncredited)
Jack Barbee
Rainbow Four Member (uncredited)
Suzanne Lee Bastian
Baby (uncredited)
Edward Biby
Townsman (uncredited)
Gladys Blake
Girl in Garter Gag (uncredited)
Milt Bronson
Gambler (uncredited)
Production
Company
Universal Pictures
Producer
Edmund L. Hartmann
Producer
John Grant
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