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Dance with Me, Henry

1956 · 79 min

A gentle, silly romp with slapstick chases and a warm heart, easy to watch and forget.

Directed by
Charles Barton
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Gigi Perreau
Tagline
It's a crazy, mixed-up comedy carnival!
Overview
Bud and Lou are the owners of the amusement park Kiddieland. Bud, a compulsive gambler, gets in trouble with the mob, and Lou finds himself struggling to keep his adopted children. When Bud is forced to make a shady deal, Lou tries to arrange a deal with the DA, but winds up framed for murder.

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More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Charles Barton
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Gigi Perreau
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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • found family
  • crime
  • greed
  • loyalty
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour8
Realism3
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Charles Barton
Written by
Devery Freeman
Starring
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Gigi Perreau, Rusty Hamer, Mary Wickes, Ted de Corsia, Ron Hargrave, Frank Wilcox
Music
Paul Dunlap
Cinematography
George Robinson
Runtime
79 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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