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Whistling in Brooklyn (1943)
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December 1943 (USA)
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Wally Benton, "The Fox," master detective on radio, is about to go with his sweetheart to Niagara Falls in order to get married...
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(Complete credited cast)| Red Skelton | ... | Wally 'The Fox' Benton | |
| Ann Rutherford | ... | Carol Lambert | |
| Jean Rogers | ... | Jean Pringle | |
| Rags Ragland | ... | Chester (as 'Rags' Ragland) | |
| Ray Collins | ... | Grover Kendall | |
| Henry O'Neill | ... | Inspector Holcomb | |
| William Frawley | ... | Detective Ramsey | |
| Sam Levene | ... | Creeper | |
| Arthur Space | ... | Detective MacKenzie | |
| Robert Emmett O'Connor | ... | Detective Leo Finnigan (as Robert Emmet O'Connor) | |
| Steven Geray | ... | Whitey (as Steve Geray) | |
| Howard Freeman | ... | Steve Conlon | |
| Tom Dillon | ... | Manager of the Beavers | |
| The Brooklyn Dodgers | ... | Themselves |
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87 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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USA:Approved (PCA #9430) |
USA:Passed (National Board of Review) |
USA:TV-G (TV rating) |
Australia:G
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Brooklyn Dodger players Max Macon, Alex Kampouris, Ray Hayworth, Pat Ankenman, Newt Kimball and Hal Peck were reported (by the New York Times) to be cast in the movie as baseball players, with some of them as "Beaver" players. A few of them had left the Brooklyn Dodgers by the time this film was released.
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Follows Whistling in Dixie (1942)
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Auld Lang Syne
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This is the third and funniest of Red Skelton's "Whistling" movies about the murderous misadventures of Wally Benton, actor, who plays most of the roles on radio's mystery show, "The Fox". It is a breakneck farce. Skelton, and a horde of comedians race their ways through a tale about how Wally is mistaken for a suspected serial murderer when all he wants to do is go on his honeymoon with Anne Rutherford -- and who could blame him?
S. Sylvan Simon, one of MGM's terrific B talents, directed. His specialty was high speed farce, and he pulls things off here at a terrific pace. Simon is largely forgotten. He had just produced the movie version of BORN YESTERDAY when he died suddenly at age 41 in 1951. He directed Skelton in four of his movies and knew how to get a good comic performance out of that talented clown.
Skelton had a successful career in the movies, simultaneously with his radio and television gigs from the late 1930s through the mid-50s. His movies are unfamiliar to most people because his contract called for extra fees to him when his movies played on television! Fortunately, they play fairly often now on Turner Classic movies. Do yourself a favor and see this one.