Movie · 1945
The Naughty Nineties
“A Show Boat Load of Laughter!”
Released 20 June 1945 76 min Comedy More from 1945 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Henry Travers
as Capt. Sam Jackson
Edward Biby
as Townsman (uncredited)
Artie Ortego
as Townsman (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
as Henry - Ironville Citizen (uncredited)
Tom Fadden
as Wounded Gambler (uncredited)
Bud Abbott
as Dexter Broadhurst
Edward Gargan
as Baxter - Saloon Bartender (uncredited)
Joe Kirk
as Croupier
Lou Costello
as Sebastian Dinwiddle
Joe Sawyer
as Bailey
Alan Curtis
as Mr. Crawford
Rita Johnson
as Bonita Farrow
Lois Collier
as Miss Caroline Jackson
Bill Alcorn
as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Gladys Blake
as Girl in Garter Gag (uncredited)
Audley Anderson
as Card Player (uncredited)
Jack Barbee
as Rainbow Four Member (uncredited)
Suzanne Lee Bastian
as Baby (uncredited)
Milt Bronson
as Gambler (uncredited)
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The numbers
46years between the oldest and youngest billed
71Henry Travers — oldest on the call sheet
25Gladys Blake — youngest billed
42average age of the credited cast