Here Come the Co-Eds

Here Come the Co-Eds (1945)

Comedy

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.

Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writers: Arthur T. Horman, John Grant.

Casts

	Bud Abbott as Slats McCarthy
	Lou Costello as Oliver Quackenbush
	Martha O'Driscoll as Molly McCarthy
	Peggy Ryan as Patty Gayle
	Lon Chaney Jr. as Johnson
	Donald Cook as Dean Larry Benson
	Charles Dingle as Jonathan Kirkland
	June Vincent as Diane Kirkland
	Evelyn Kaye Klein as Evelyn and Her Magic Violin
	Joe Kirk as Honest Dan Murphy the Bookie
	Richard Lane as Near-Sighted Man at Ballroom
	Don Costello as Diamond (uncredited)
	Bill Stern as Sports Announcer
	Phil Spitalny as Orchestra Leader
	Jane Allen as College Girl (uncredited)
	Milt Bronson as Ring Announcer (uncredited)
	Jean Carlin as Co-ed (uncredited)
	June Cuendet as Basketball Player (uncredited)
	Eddie Dunn as Officer Flannigan (uncredited)
	Margaret Eversole as Basketball Player (uncredited)
	Dorothy Ford as Bertha (uncredited)
	Martha Garotto as Player (uncredited)
	Maxine Gates as Woman (uncredited)
	Dorothy Granger as Woman in Ballroom (uncredited)
	Jayne Hazard as Co-ed (uncredited)
	Marilyn Hoeck as Basketball Player (uncredited)
	Kenner G. Kemp as Man at Scorer's Table (uncredited)
	Donald Kerr as Man Taking Dance Lesson (uncredited)
	Carl Knowles as Timekeeper (uncredited)
	Marie Osborne as Woman in Trailer (uncredited)
	Lorna Peterson as Basketball Player (uncredited)
	Rebel Randall as Basketball Player (uncredited)
	Gene Roth as Second Policeman in Car 13 (uncredited)
	Charles Sherlock as Assistant Sports Announcer (uncredited)
	Sammy Stein as Tiger McGurk aka The Masked Marvel (uncredited)
	Muriel Stetson as Basketball Player (uncredited)
	Naomi Stout as Basketball Player (uncredited)
	Anthony Warde as Carlton Basketball Coach (uncredited)
	Pierre Watkin as Police Chief (uncredited)

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