The Naughty Nineties (1945)
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79% of users liked it
(577 ratings)
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… More 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 foil the villains and save the day. The film is a virtual encyclopedia of wheezy but still hilarious comedy routines, many of them devised by veteran Laurel & Hardy and Three Stooges gagman Felix Adler. The film's highlight is a full-length performance of Abbott and Costello's verbal classic "Who's on First?"-and if one listens very closely, one can hear the cameramen and crew members laughing! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jean Yarbrough
- Written By
- Edmund L. Hartmann, John Grant, Edmund Joseph, Hal Fimberg
- Genres
- Drama, Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jun 1, 1945 Wide
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Pretty dismal, but containing the 'Who's on first?' routine.
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Cast
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Bud Abbott
as Dexter Broadhurst
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Lou Costello
as Sebastian Dinwiddle
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Alan Curtis
as Crawford
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Rita Johnson
as Bonita Farrell
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Henry Travers
as Capt. Sam Jackson
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Lois Collier
as Caroline Jackson
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Joe Sawyer
as Bailey
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Joe Kirk
as Cropier
- Gladys Blake
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Jack Chefe
as Waiter
- William Desmond
- Tom Fadden
- Sid Fields
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Edward Gargan
as Baxter the Bartender
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Billy M. Greene
as Minstrel
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John Hamilton
as Sheriff
- John Indrisano
- Ben Johnson
- Donald Kerr
- Rex Lease
- Ruth Lee
- Arthur Loft
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Sam McDaniel
as Matt
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Jack Norton
as Drunk
- Jack Overman
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Barbara Pepper
as Woman in Gilded Case
- Jack Rice
- Cyril Ring
- Sarah Selby
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Emmett Vogan
as Citizen
- Bud Wolfe
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Lillian Yarbo
as Effie
- Carolyn Hughes
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Milt Bronson
as Gambler
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Jack Worth
as Croupier
