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67% Critic Match
The Naughty Nineties
“A Show Boat Load of Laughter!”
6.7 / 10• 1945• 1h 16m•NR• English
Comedy
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Bud Abbott
Dexter Broadhurst
Lead
Lou Costello
Sebastian Dinwiddle
Alan Curtis
Mr. Crawford
Rita Johnson
Bonita Farrow
Henry Travers
Capt. Sam Jackson
Lois Collier
Miss Caroline Jackson
Joe Sawyer
Bailey
Joe Kirk
Croupier
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jean Yarbrough's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Naughty Nineties is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
