The Naughty Nineties

The Naughty Nineties

76 mins | Comedy, Adventure, Romance, Music | June 20, 1945

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.

The Naughty Nineties

76 mins | Comedy, Adventure, Romance, Music | June 20, 1945

The Naughty Nineties
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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Universal Pictures
Original title The Naughty Nineties
Directors Jean Yarbrough
Writers Hal Fimberg, Edmund L. Hartmann, Edmund Joseph, John Grant, Clyde Bruckman

Cast

Bud Abbott

as Dexter Broadhurst

Lou Costello

as Sebastian Dinwiddle

Alan Curtis

as Mr. Crawford

Rita Johnson

as Bonita Farrow

Henry Travers

as Capt. Sam Jackson

Lois Collier

as Miss Caroline Jackson

Joe Sawyer

as Bailey

Joe Kirk

as Croupier

Bill Alcorn

as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

Audley Anderson

as Card Player (uncredited)

Jack Barbee

as Rainbow Four Member (uncredited)

Suzanne Lee Bastian

as Baby (uncredited)

Edward Biby

as Townsman (uncredited)

Gladys Blake

as Girl in Garter Gag (uncredited)

Milt Bronson

as Gambler (uncredited)

Douglas Carter

as Croupier (uncredited)

Jack Chefe

as Gilded Cage Waiter (uncredited)

Jack Coffey

as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

Bing Conley

as Croupier (uncredited)

Tony Dell

as Croupier (uncredited)

William Desmond

as Showboat Customer (uncredited)

Dolores Evers

as Girl in High-Wire Act (uncredited)

Tom Fadden

as Wounded Gambler (uncredited)

Sid Fields

as Gag Man (uncredited)

Rainbow Four

as Singers (uncredited)

Jack Frack

as Croupier (uncredited)

Jack Frost

as Rainbow Four Member (uncredited)

Edward Gargan

as Baxter - Saloon Bartender (uncredited)

Parker Garvie

as Croupier (uncredited)

Joe Gilbert

as Dealer (uncredited)

Rita Gould

as Girl in Water Gag (uncredited)

William E. Green

as Minstrel (uncredited)

John Hamilton

as Sheriff of Ironville (uncredited)

Carol Hughes

as Tessie (uncredited)

John Indrisano

as Croupier (uncredited)

Warren Jackson

as Card Player (uncredited)

Ralph Johns

as Croupier (uncredited)

Ben Johnson

as Coach Driver (uncredited)

Dick Johnstone

as Townsman (uncredited)

Shirley Karnes

as Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)

Donald Kerr

as Croupier (uncredited)

Paul Kruger

as Riverboat Gambler (uncredited)

William W. Larsen

as Magician (uncredited)

Perc Launders

as Card Player (uncredited)

Ann Lawrence

as Girl in Garter Gag (uncredited)

Rex Lease

as Sheriff Wright (uncredited)

Ruth Lee

as Townswoman (uncredited)

Max Linder

as Riverboat Gambler (uncredited)

Arthur Loft

as Billy Boy (uncredited)

Chick Madden

as Rainbow Four Member (uncredited)

Sam McDaniel

as Matt - Cook-Waiter (uncredited)

Charles McNally

as Waiter (uncredited)

Jack Norton

as Drunk at the Gilded Cage (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

as Troupe Member (uncredited)

Bud O'Connor

as Croupier (uncredited)

Artie Ortego

as Townsman (uncredited)

Jack Overman

as Gambling Room Guard (uncredited)

Barbara Pepper

as Gilded Cage Hostess (uncredited)

Charles Phillips

as Croupier (uncredited)

Torchy Rand

as Singing Specialty (uncredited)

Jack Rice

as Waiter (uncredited)

Cyril Ring

as Man in Water Gag (uncredited)

Sue Robin

as Topsy (uncredited)

Henry Russell

as Croupier (uncredited)

Sarah Selby

as Mrs. Hawkins (uncredited)

Arthur 'Fiddlin' Smith

as Fiddle Player (uncredited)

Ronald Stanton

as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

Irene Thomas

as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

as Henry - Ironville Citizen (uncredited)

Bud Wolfe

as Croupier (uncredited)

Jack Worth

as Croupier (uncredited)

Lillian Yarbo

as Effie - Bonita's Cook (uncredited)