Bud and Lou are the owners of the amusement park Kiddieland. Bud, a compulsive gambler, gets in trouble with the mob, and Lou finds himself struggling to keep his adopted children. When Bud is forced to make a shady deal, Lou tries to arrange a deal with the DA, but winds up framed for murder.
Acting
Costello's surprisingly tender scenes with the child actors.
Production
Real Kiddieland location gives authentic carnival atmosphere.
Director
Charles Barton
Bud Abbott
Bud Flick
Lou Costello
Lou Henry
Gigi Perreau
Shelley
Rusty Hamer
Duffer
Mary Wickes
Miss Mayberry
Ted de Corsia
Big Frank
Frank Wilcox
Father Mullahy
Sherry Alberoni
Bootsie
Richard Reeves
Mushie Nolan
Eddie Marr
Lt. Garvey
Robert Shayne
District Attorney Martin Proctor
Walter Reed
Drake
John Cliff
Knucks (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Abbott and Costello's final film as a team; they'd reunited briefly for a 1950s TV series but never again on the big screen. Costello died in 1959, making this an unintentional farewell.
The film's title references a 1955 hit song by The Clovers, not the earlier 'Dance with Me, Henry' by Etta James—studio lawyers made sure of that distinction.
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