25 reviews
Comedy
1h 30m
1945
Molly, her brother, Slats, and his pal, Oliver, are taxi dancers at the Miramar Ballroom. As a publicity stunt, Slats plants an article about Molly claiming her ambition is to...

Molly, her brother, Slats, and his pal, Oliver, are taxi dancers at the Miramar Ballroom. As a publicity stunt, Slats plants an article about Molly claiming her ambition is to earn enough money to attend staid, all-girl Bixby College. Bixby's progressive dean offers Molly a scholarship. Molly accepts on the condition that Slats and Oliver come along too as campus caretakers. But the pompous Chairman threatens to foreclose on the school's mortgage if Molly isn't expelled. Together, the trio, with the help of some new friends, concocts a scheme to raise enough money to save the school. The plan involves a bet on the Bixby basketball team, which is playing in a game rated at 20 to 1 by the local bookie. But the bookie has other plans for their dough and hires a group of ringers to step in for the opponents. All is not lost, at least while Oliver has the chance to turn things around for his friends-one way or another.
- DirectorJean Yarbrough
- Release2 February 1945
- GenreComedy
- Duration1h 30m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate25 reviews
- Productions
Universal Pictures
Cast

Bud Abbott
Slats McCarthy

Lou Costello
Oliver Quackenbush

Martha O'Driscoll
Molly McCarthy

Peggy Ryan
Patty Gayle

Lon Chaney Jr.
Johnson

Donald Cook
Dean Larry Benson

Charles Dingle
Jonathan Kirkland

June Vincent
Diane Kirkland

Joe Kirk
Honest Dan Murphy the Bookie

Richard Lane
Near-Sighted Man at Ballroom

Don Costello
Diamond (uncredited)

Jean Carlin
Co-ed (uncredited)

Eddie Dunn
Officer Flannigan (uncredited)

Dorothy Ford
Bertha (uncredited)

Dorothy Granger
Woman in Ballroom (uncredited)

Jayne Hazard
Co-ed (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp
Man at Scorer's Table (uncredited)

Donald Kerr
Man Taking Dance Lesson (uncredited)

Marie Osborne
Woman in Trailer (uncredited)

Rebel Randall
Basketball Player (uncredited)

Gene Roth
Second Policeman in Car 13 (uncredited)

Charles Sherlock
Assistant Sports Announcer (uncredited)

Sammy Stein
Tiger McGurk aka The Masked Marvel (uncredited)

Anthony Warde
Carlton Basketball Coach (uncredited)

Pierre Watkin
Police Chief (uncredited)
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