Here Come the Co-eds

Here Come the Co-eds

90 mins | Comedy | Feb. 2, 1945

Molly, her brother, Slats, and his pal, Oliver, are taxi dancers at the Miramar Ballroom. As a publicity stunt, Slats plants an article about Molly claiming her ambition is to earn enough money to attend staid, all-girl Bixby College. Bixby's progressive dean offers Molly a scholarship. Molly accepts on the condition that Slats and Oliver come along too as campus caretakers. But the pompous Chairman threatens to foreclose on the school's mortgage if Molly isn't expelled. Together, the trio, with the help of some new friends, concocts a scheme to raise enough money to save the school. The plan involves a bet on the Bixby basketball team, which is playing in a game rated at 20 to 1 by the local bookie. But the bookie has other plans for their dough and hires a group of ringers to step in for the opponents. All is not lost, at least while Oliver has the chance to turn things around for his friends-one way or another.

Here Come the Co-eds

90 mins | Comedy | Feb. 2, 1945

Here Come the Co-eds
Molly, her brother, Slats, and his pal, Oliver, are taxi dancers at the Miramar Ballroom. As a publicity stunt, Slats plants an article about Molly claiming her ambition is to earn enough money to attend staid, all-girl Bixby College. Bixby's progressive dean offers Molly a scholarship. Molly accepts on the condition that Slats and Oliver come along too as campus caretakers. But the pompous Chairman threatens to foreclose on the school's mortgage if Molly isn't expelled. Together, the trio, with the help of some new friends, concocts a scheme to raise enough money to save the school. The plan involves a bet on the Bixby basketball team, which is playing in a game rated at 20 to 1 by the local bookie. But the bookie has other plans for their dough and hires a group of ringers to step in for the opponents. All is not lost, at least while Oliver has the chance to turn things around for his friends-one way or another.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Universal Pictures
Original title Here Come the Co-eds
Directors Jean Yarbrough
Writers Arthur T. Horman, Edmund L. Hartmann, John Grant

Cast

Bud Abbott

as Slats McCarthy

Lou Costello

as Oliver Quackenbush

Martha O'Driscoll

as Molly McCarthy

Peggy Ryan

as Patty Gayle

Lon Chaney Jr.

as Johnson

Donald Cook

as Dean Larry Benson

Charles Dingle

as Jonathan Kirkland

June Vincent

as Diane Kirkland

Evelyn Kaye Klein

as Evelyn and Her Magic Violin

Joe Kirk

as Honest Dan Murphy the Bookie

Richard Lane

as Near-Sighted Man at Ballroom

Don Costello

as Diamond (uncredited)

Bill Stern

as Sports Announcer

Phil Spitalny

as Orchestra Leader

Jane Allen

as College Girl (uncredited)

Milt Bronson

as Ring Announcer (uncredited)

Jean Carlin

as Co-ed (uncredited)

June Cuendet

as Basketball Player (uncredited)

Eddie Dunn

as Officer Flannigan (uncredited)

Margaret Eversole

as Basketball Player (uncredited)

Dorothy Ford

as Bertha (uncredited)

Martha Garotto

as Player (uncredited)

Maxine Gates

as Woman (uncredited)

Dorothy Granger

as Woman in Ballroom (uncredited)

Jayne Hazard

as Co-ed (uncredited)

Marilyn Hoeck

as Basketball Player (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

as Man at Scorer's Table (uncredited)

Donald Kerr

as Man Taking Dance Lesson (uncredited)

Carl Knowles

as Timekeeper (uncredited)

Marie Osborne

as Woman in Trailer (uncredited)

Lorna Peterson

as Basketball Player (uncredited)

Rebel Randall

as Basketball Player (uncredited)

Gene Roth

as Second Policeman in Car 13 (uncredited)

Charles Sherlock

as Assistant Sports Announcer (uncredited)

Sammy Stein

as Tiger McGurk aka The Masked Marvel (uncredited)

Muriel Stetson

as Basketball Player (uncredited)

Naomi Stout

as Basketball Player (uncredited)

Anthony Warde

as Carlton Basketball Coach (uncredited)

Pierre Watkin

as Police Chief (uncredited)