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Director:
Jack Donohue
Writers:
Marshall Neilan Jr. (story)
Ivan Tors (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
12 January 1951 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Comedy | Crime | Romance See more »
Tagline:
Clicks with the Chicks
Plot:
A cameraman helps a heiress to get rid off her finacial adviser, who wants to get her money. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Red Skelton ... Rusty Cammeron / Pop Cammeron / Grandpop Cammeron

Arlene Dahl ... Lucia Corlane

Ann Miller ... Miss Lucky Vista
Leon Ames ... Grantland D. Farns
Pamela Britton ... Mrs. Shanway (as Pam Britton)
Richard Rober ... Mr. Hugh Shanway
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jack Boyle ... Bystander (uncredited)
Don Brodie ... Earl (uncredited)
James Conaty ... Dignitary on Dais (uncredited)
Ray Cooke ... Movie Projectionist (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan ... Police Captain (uncredited)
Paula Drew ... Grandpop's Girl (uncredited)
Michael Dugan ... Pete (uncredited)
Tom Dugan ... Policeman (uncredited)
Jacqueline Duval ... Grandpop's Girl (uncredited)
Frank Ferguson ... Mr. Whittle (uncredited)
Jim Hayward ... Film Lab Watchman (uncredited)

Robert Hyatt ... Boy in Camera Shop (uncredited)
Frank Hyers ... Orderly (uncredited)
Wendie Lee ... Woman Launching Boat (uncredited)
Bill Lewin ... Street Construction Workman (uncredited)
Frank Mitchell ... Street Construction Workman (uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Connor ... Policeman (uncredited)
Kathleen O'Malley ... Woman Who Undresses (uncredited)
Georgia Pelham ... Grandpop's Girl (uncredited)
Jack Shea ... Tiny (uncredited)
Harry Stanton ... Man at Boat Launching (uncredited)
Larry Steers ... Admiral Battlevitz (uncredited)
Frank Sully ... Street Construction Workman (uncredited)
Henry Sylvester ... Doorman (uncredited)
Ken Terrell ... Construction Guard (uncredited)
Andrew Tombes ... Doctor (uncredited)
Lurene Tuttle ... Millie (uncredited)
Jean Vachon ... Maid (uncredited)
Willard Waterman ... Mayor (uncredited)
Dick Wessel ... Man Who Undresses (uncredited)
Pat Williams ... Nurse (uncredited)
Wilson Wood ... Woody - Steward (uncredited)
Jeff York ... Mr. Tirson (uncredited)
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Directed by
Jack Donohue 
 
Writing credits
Marshall Neilan Jr. (story)

Ivan Tors (screenplay) and
Devery Freeman (screenplay) and
Harry Ruskin (screenplay)

Produced by
Harry Ruskin .... producer
 
Original Music by
George Stoll  (as Georgie Stoll)
Albert Sendrey (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
Paul Vogel  (as Paul C. Vogel)
 
Film Editing by
John Faure 
Robert Watts 
Ferris Webster 
 
Art Direction by
Cedric Gibbons 
 
Set Decoration by
Edwin B. Willis 
 
Makeup Department
Sydney Guilaroff .... hair stylist
Lillian Rader .... hair stylist
Lee Stanfield .... makeup artist
William Tuttle .... makeup designer
 
Production Management
Al Shenberg .... production manager (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fletcher Clark .... second assistant director
Dolph Zimmer .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Carl Beondé .... props
F. Keogh Gleason .... associate set decorator (as Keogh Gleason)
Eddie Imazu .... associate art director
Hal Millar .... prop shop
John Miller .... props
 
Sound Department
Douglas Shearer .... recording supervisor
Howard Fellows .... boom operator (uncredited)
John A. Williams .... sound (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
A. Arnold Gillespie .... special effects
Warren Newcombe .... special effects
 
Stunts
Gil Perkins .... stunts (uncredited)
Ken Terrell .... stunt double: Red Skelton (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
William Coppersmith .... camera operator
Chet Davis .... gaffer
Otto Dyar .... still photographer
Henry Forrester .... grip
Bill Shaw .... best boy
Tom Smith .... grip
Harry Stradling Jr. .... assistant camera (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gertrude Kirkwood .... wardrobe
 
Music Department
Albert Sendrey .... orchestrator (uncredited)
 
Other crew
William J. Hole Jr. .... script supervisor (uncredited)
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Runtime:
71 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #14711) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl
Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)See more »

Did You Know?

Trivia:
The Great Turkey Escape scenes were filmed in an under-construction housing development in the Northwest quadrant of Crenshaw Boulevard and 190th Street, Torrance, California. The turkeys required persuasion to leave their enclosure on the back of a truck. Encouragement was applied by men with poles, out of camera view. The scene required at least two takes, with the birds rounded up from their pen (also out of view) and returned to the truck. Red Skelton came out of a background house during one of the roundups, saw the 12-year-old lad who had ridden up on his bike, smiled and waved.See more »
Movie Connections:
Featured in So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM (2004) (TV)See more »

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1 out of 2 people found the following review useful.
You'll see Red --, 1 August 2007
Author: capricorn9 from Toronto, Canada

---and see him in three roles in this B / W comedy of his. His first is the lead role of Rusty a bumbling photographer who is trying to save the family business; his father a rather old fashioned and quiet guy that might be Rusty one day if not for his Grandfather (the third role), a playboy a heart, who shows Rusty how to handle a woman properly. The special shots of the three of them and even two of the same characters are great and there is no blurring screen or noticeable break in the film.

This film may be only for Skelton fans, of which I am not really one, but I did found a lot of the routines here funny (especially a scene in a Dr.'s change room) and did laugh out loud at some of Skelton's delivery and timing. The girls are great - Arlene Dahl and Ann Miller. They have their share of gags, though Miller is quite far the funniest of the pair. Some tributes to old movies are obvious, especially in the final chase scene. The only scene people might find objectionable today is where Grandpa tells Rusty how to handle and keep a woman by showing him old Clark Gable and Robert Taylor movies.

This is great preservation of a moment in cinema history.

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