The read
It runs a compact 1h 16m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
32 audience votes
Key crew
- John GrantScreenplay
- Jean YarbroughDirector
- Edmund L. HartmannScreenplay
- Edmund JosephScreenplay
- Hal FimbergScreenplay
- Clyde BruckmanWriter
Cast
- Bud AbbottDexter Broadhurst
- Lou CostelloSebastian Dinwiddle
- Alan CurtisMr. Crawford
- Rita JohnsonBonita Farrow
- Henry TraversCapt. Sam Jackson
- Lois CollierMiss Caroline Jackson
- Joe SawyerBailey
- Joe KirkCroupier
- Bill AlcornSpecialty Dancer (uncredited)
- Audley AndersonCard Player (uncredited)
- Jack BarbeeRainbow Four Member (uncredited)
- Suzanne Lee BastianBaby (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
salooncasinogamblingslapstick comedysingerblack and whiteriverboatshowboat