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The Naughty Nineties (1945)

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Release Date: Jun 1, 1945 Wide

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Abbott and Costello's The Naughty Nineties offers a million laughs and a nickel's worth of plot. Most of the film takes place aboard a 19th century showboat, owned by kindly Captain Sam (Henry Travers). Bud Abbott plays the showboat's leading man Dexter Broadhurst, while Lou Costello is handyman Sebastian Dinwiddie. A group of slick gamblers (Alan Curtis, Rita Johnson and Joe Sawyer) cheat Captain Sam out of his boat, turning the place into a floating gambling palace, but Dexter and Sebastian

Unrated, 1 hr. 12 min.

Drama, Classics, Comedy

Directed By: Jean Yarbrough

Written By: Edmund L. Hartmann, John Grant, Edmund Joseph, Hal Fimberg

In Theaters: Jun 1, 1945 Wide

Universal Pictures

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Cast

Bud Abbott
Dexter Broadhurst
Lou Costello
Sebastian Dinwiddle
Alan Curtis
Crawford
Rita Johnson
Bonita Farrell
Henry Travers
Capt. Sam Jackson
Lois Collier
Caroline Jackson
Joe Sawyer
Bailey
Joe Kirk
Cropier
Gladys Blake
Jack Chefe
Waiter
William Desmond
Tom Fadden
Sid Fields
Edward Gargan
Baxter the Bartender
Billy M. Greene
Minstrel
John Hamilton
Sheriff
John Indrisano
Ben Johnson
Donald Kerr
Rex Lease
Ruth Lee
Arthur Loft
Sam McDaniel
Matt
Jack Norton
Drunk
Jack Overman
Barbara Pepper
Woman in Gilded Case
Jack Rice
Cyril Ring
Sarah Selby
Emmett Vogan
Citizen
Bud Wolfe
Lillian Yarbo
Effie
Carolyn Hughes
Milt Bronson
Gambler
Jack Worth
Croupier

Critic Reviews for The Naughty Nineties

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Pretty dismal, but containing the 'Who's on first?' routine.

August 29, 2006 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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The movie where you can see the ?Who's on First? routine. Bud and Lou are two employees on a riverboat. The captain is duped out of partial ownership by some nefarious gamblers, and they take over the boat's operation. The comedy duo help to undermine the bad guys and get total control back to the captain. Several

October 20, 2009

D M

Watching this makes me sad and angry about comedy in the contemporary age. Never again will we get something this smartly written and so passionately executed

November 2, 2011

Kevin Lee

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1. Dexter Broadhurst: Who's on first?
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