Whistling in Brooklyn

1943
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1h 27m

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Sam Levene, Rags Ragland, Jean Rogers, Ann Rutherford, and Red Skelton in Whistling in Brooklyn (1943)

Slapstick Action Comedy Crime Mystery Romance

Radio crime show host "The Fox" finds himself on the trail of a serial killer while a suspect himself.Radio crime show host "The Fox" finds himself on the trail of a serial killer while a suspect himself.Radio crime show host "The Fox" finds himself on the trail of a serial killer while a suspect himself.

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6.7/10

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Red Skelton

Wally 'The Fox' Benton

Ann Rutherford

Carol Lambert

Jean Rogers

Jean Pringle

Rags Ragland

Chester Conway
(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

Brooklyn Dodgers Baseball Team

Pat Ankenman

Pat Ankenman
(uncredited)

Morris Ankrum

Blake - Newspaper Editor
(uncredited)

William Bishop

Psychiatrist
(uncredited)

Billy Bletcher

Announcer
(uncredited)

Director
- S. Sylvan Simon
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Trivia
During the baseball game Red Skelton gets into an argument with "Durocher" from the other team. That other player was, in fact, the real life legendary baseball player and manager Leo Durocher. When this movie was made in 1943, Leo Durocher was a player/manager for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Goofs
When Rutherford's stunt double jumps off the table to save Skelton she is wearing sneakers instead of high heels.

Quotes
Wally 'The Fox' Benton: [referring to suitcase] Put that bag in the car.
Chester: You can't talk to Miss Pringle like that.

Connections
Follows Whistling in the Dark (1941)

Soundtracks
Auld Lang Syne
(1788) (uncredited)
Traditional Scottish 17th century music
Lyrics by Robert Burns
In the score with sounds produced by the saw Wally uses to deflect objects thrown at him

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7/10

red skelton at it again

Another red skelton adventure. when a series of murders are committed, radio personality wally benton (Skelton) gets mixed up in them, and decides the only way to get out of it is to solve them himself. He and Carol (Anne Rutherford) will have to postpone their wedding. and there's a newspaper reporter (Jean Rogers) along for the ride. she was trying to get the scoop on the wedding, but now she's mixed up in it too! and so much screaming and screeching by the girls -- it quickly got annoying. some other fun names in here.. William Frawley (Fred !) is Detective Ramsey, Rags Ragland is Conway. Ray Collins usually turned out to be the bad guy. and somehow, they get caught up in a ball game with the actual players from the Dodgers. it's all silly, the usual red skelton goings on. not bad, but not great. directed by sylvan simon... they made a bunch of films together.