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The Naughty Nineties

1945 · 76 min

A cheerful, old-fashioned comedy full of slapstick and wordplay, with a nostalgic showboat setting and gentle, easygoing charm.

Tagline
A Show Boat Load of Laughter!
Overview
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 it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 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
  • deception
  • friendship
  • loyalty
  • crime
  • family
Places
  • sea
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour9
Realism4
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Jean Yarbrough
Written by
Edmund Joseph, John Grant, Edmund L. Hartmann, Hal Fimberg
Starring
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Alan Curtis, Rita Johnson, Henry Travers, Lois Collier, Joe Sawyer, Joe Kirk
Cinematography
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Runtime
76 min
Country
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Languages
English

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