Watch the Birdie

1950
Approved
1h 11m

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

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Arlene Dahl, Ann Miller, and Red Skelton in Watch the Birdie (1950)

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Slapstick Comedy Crime Romance

A cameraman helps an heiress to get rid of her financial adviser, who wants to get her money.A cameraman helps an heiress to get rid of her financial adviser, who wants to get her money.A cameraman helps an heiress to get rid of her financial adviser, who wants to get her money.

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

424

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Mrs. Shanway
(as Pam Britton)

Richard Rober

Mr. Hugh Shanway

Jack Boyle

Bystander
(uncredited)

Don Brodie

Earl
(uncredited)

James Carlisle

Dignitary on Dais
(uncredited)

Dick Cherney

Pedestrian
(uncredited)

James Conaty

Dignitary on Dais
(uncredited)

Ray Cooke

Movie Projectionist
(uncredited)

Joseph Crehan

Police Captain
(uncredited)

Redmond Doms

Man at Launching
(uncredited)

Paula Drew

Grandpop's Girl
(uncredited)

Michael Dugan

Pete
(uncredited)

Tom Dugan

Policeman
(uncredited)

Jacqueline Duval

Grandpop's Girl
(uncredited)

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Trivia
When Red Skelton runs and jumps onto the fire truck, it is a reenactment of a Buster Keaton gag from The Cameraman (1928).

Goofs
When Rusty is in the doctor's office, he starts to open the door to the dressing room. In the next shot from inside the dressing room, he opens the door again.

Quotes
Rusty Cammeron: [Grandpop and Rusty have just finished watching Clark Gable in "Boom Town"] Grandpa, I couldn't bring myself to slap a woman.
Grandpop Cammeron: In your case, it's a necessity.
Rusty Cammeron: Well, supposing they don't go for it?
Grandpop Cammeron: You've got to assert your masculine dominance; if she takes it, that's love.
Rusty Cammeron: Well, what if she slaps back?
Grandpop Cammeron: That, my boy, is marriage.

Crazy credits
Similar to the Fred Allen film "It's In the Bag," Skelton narrates the opening credits, cracking jokes about the cast, crew, and even the title itself ("Please tell your friends. We'd like to make a little money on this picture.").

Connections
Featured in 100 Years of Comedy (1997)

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Featured review

1/10

Domestic violence encouraged...

Slapping & slugging women encouraged because if they love the man who hits them, they will hit him back??? I was enjoying the light comedy and slapstick humor until the conversation between Red and his "father" and then I was done. No longer funny.