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Here Come the Co-Eds

Here Come the Co-Eds (1945)

1h 30m | PG-13

⭐ 5.7 / 10

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

Studio: Universal Pictures

Genre: Comedy

Video: 720p

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Cast

Bud Abbott

Bud Abbott

as Slats McCarthy

Lou Costello

Lou Costello

as Oliver Quackenbush

Martha O'Driscoll

Martha O'Driscoll

as Molly McCarthy

Peggy Ryan

Peggy Ryan

as Patty Gayle

Lon Chaney Jr.

Lon Chaney Jr.

as Johnson

Donald Cook

Donald Cook

as Dean Larry Benson