1945 • NR • 1h 16m
6.7/10
(23 users) 
Overview
In the gay '90s, cardsharps take over a Mississippi riverboat from a kindly captain. Their first act 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.
6.7/10
(23 users) Cast / Crew 
Bud Abbott Dexter Broadhurst 
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 
Bill Alcorn Specialty Dancer (uncredited) Audley Anderson Card Player (uncredited) Jack Barbee Rainbow Four Member (uncredited) Suzanne Lee Bastian Baby (uncredited) 
Edward Biby Townsman (uncredited) 
Gladys Blake Girl in Garter Gag (uncredited) Milt Bronson Gambler (uncredited) Edmund L. Hartmann Screenplay 
Jean Yarbrough Director John Grant Screenplay Lloyd Akridge Music 
Jack Pierce Makeup Artist Edgar Fairchild Music Director Milton Feld Executive Producer George Robinson Director of Photography Harold H. MacArthur Art Direction Felix Adler Additional Writing Edmund L. Hartmann Producer Russell A. Gausman Set Decoration Arthur Hilton Editor Edmund Joseph Screenplay Leigh Smith Set Decoration
Bud Abbott Dexter Broadhurst 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 Bill Alcorn Specialty Dancer (uncredited) Audley Anderson Card Player (uncredited) Jack Barbee Rainbow Four Member (uncredited) Suzanne Lee Bastian Baby (uncredited) Edward Biby Townsman (uncredited) Gladys Blake Girl in Garter Gag (uncredited) Milt Bronson Gambler (uncredited) Edmund L. Hartmann Screenplay Jean Yarbrough Director John Grant Screenplay Lloyd Akridge Music Jack Pierce Makeup Artist Edgar Fairchild Music Director Milton Feld Executive Producer George Robinson Director of Photography Harold H. MacArthur Art Direction Felix Adler Additional Writing Edmund L. Hartmann Producer Russell A. Gausman Set Decoration Arthur Hilton Editor Edmund Joseph Screenplay Leigh Smith Set Decoration 
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