Here Come the Co-Eds

Here Come the Co-Eds

They're the Teacher's Petters...In a Girl's School!

Directed by Jean Yarbrough

Produced by Universal Pictures

194590 min5.9 / 10

A lighthearted 1940s slapstick comedy about working-class friends scheming to save a women's college through sports betting and camaraderie.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is Here Come the Co-Eds sad? No. Less sad than 97% of films.

  • Does Here Come the Co-Eds end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 97% of films.

  • Is Here Come the Co-Eds easy watching? Yes, very. More comforting than 95% of films.

  • Is Here Come the Co-Eds scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is Here Come the Co-Eds violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

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20/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity5

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise48

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love20

How much audiences actually like it

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Same Mood as Here Come the Co-Eds

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Here Come the Co-Eds, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Here Come the Co-Eds, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Here Come the Co-Eds, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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