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Whistling in Brooklyn (1943)

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Release Date: Dec 1, 1943 Wide

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The last of three films starring Red Skelton as ace radio detective Wally "The Fox" Benton, Whistling in Brooklyn opens with Fox and girl friend Carol Lambert (Ann Rutherford) making final preparations for a trip to Niagara Falls, where they intend to get married. Of course, they've made these plans before, and true to form, something comes up to derail the trip to the altar. The something this time is Constant Reader, a murderer who delights in taunting the police by letting newspapers know

Unrated, 1 hr. 27 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Classics, Comedy

Directed By: S. Sylvan Simon

In Theaters: Dec 1, 1943 Wide

On DVD: Apr 28, 1993

Warner Home Video

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Cast

Red Skelton
Wally Benton
Ann Rutherford
Carol Lambert
Jean Rogers
Jean Pringle
Ray Collins
Grover Kendall
Henry O'Neill
Inspector Holcomb
William Frawley
Detective Ramsey
Sam Levene
Creeper
Arthur Space
Detective MacKenzie
Steven Geray
Whitey
Howard Freeman
Steve Conlon
The Brooklyn Dodgers
Anthony Caruso
Thomas P. Dillon
Manager of the Beavers
Robert E. O'Connor
Detective Finnigan
Garry Owen
Rags Ragland
Chester

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A tad too much slapstick for me, but Red Skelton definitely cracked me up several times. I wanted to murder that idiot driver by the end though. Just about every problem was caused by him, and the sheer force of his stupidity was tiresome. And I'm not sure what was going on with Red's fox howl thing. Sounded more like

October 21, 2009