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The Naughty Nineties

The Naughty Nineties

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The Naughty Nineties

"A Show Boat Load of Laughter!"

1945

1h 16m

6.7(31 votes)

Comedy

Overview

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.

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Universal Pictures

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Bud Abbott

Bud Abbott

Dexter Broadhurst

Lou Costello

Lou Costello

Sebastian Dinwiddle

Alan Curtis

Alan Curtis

Mr. Crawford

Rita Johnson

Rita Johnson

Bonita Farrow

Henry Travers

Henry Travers

Capt. Sam Jackson

Lois Collier

Lois Collier

Miss Caroline Jackson

Joe Sawyer

Joe Sawyer

Bailey

Joe Kirk

Joe Kirk

Croupier

Bill Alcorn

Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

Audley Anderson

Card Player (uncredited)

Creative team

Directed by: Jean Yarbrough
Written by: Edmund L. Hartmann
John Grant
Produced by: Edmund L. Hartmann
John Grant

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