The Naughty Nineties. 1945 Universal Pictures.
Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Alan Curtis, Rita Johnson
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Available as part of Abbott and Costello: The Complete Universal Pictures Collection.
This movie is best known for containing the classic routine "Who's on First?"
Captain Sam (Henry Travers) owns the showboat River Queen, which is traveling from port to port along the Mississippi River, bringing entertainment to every stop. While stopped in a town called Ironville, the Captain meets up with three people, Crawford (Curtis), Bonita (Johnson), and Bailey (Joe Sawyer), and all three are hiding from the law. They invite Sam to play in a card game, despite the objections of his daughter Caroline (Collier), his lead actor Dexter Broadhurst (Abbott) and a crew member named Sebastian Dinwiddle (Costello). Captain Sam is fed drink after drink, and gets involved in a crooked card game where he loses controlling interest of the boat to Bonita and Crawford.
The new owners quickly turn the showboat into a floating casino where every game is rigged in their favor. It's up to Dexter and Sebastian to help Captain Sam gain his property back, and evict Bonita and Crawford...when they're not arguing about who's on first.
Recommended movie.
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