The Naughty Nineties (1945)
A Show Boat Load of Laughter!
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.
- Date of release
- 1945-06-20
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (32)
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Jean Yarbrough
Casting
- 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)
Interesting facts
The Naughty Nineties is a 1945 American film directed by Jean Yarbrough and starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. It was written by Edmund L. Hartmann, John Grant, Edmund Joseph and Hal Fimberg.
Production
Filming occurred from January 15, 1945, through March 1, 1945. On May 13, 1945, during filming of their next film, Abbott and Costello in Hollywood for MGM Pictures, Abbott and Costello returned to Universal for re-shoots on this film. The riverboat used was originally constructed for the 1936 Universal musical Show Boat.
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