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Movie Info

Detective Wally "The Fox" Benton (Red Skelton) and his fiancée, Carol Lambert (Ann Rutherford), travel south when they hear of a mystery involving her college friend Ellamae Downs (Diana Lewis). As Wally investigates the situation, murder and hidden treasure both factor into the proceedings, with the sleuth's nemesis, Chester Conway (Rags Ragland), appearing to stir up trouble. Before long Wally and Carol are in peril, but the hapless hero does his best to win the day.

Genre:

comedy
Original Language:

English
Director:

S. Sylvan Simon
Producer:

George Haight
Release Date (Streaming):

Nov 22, 2016
Runtime:

1h 14m
Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Loew's Inc.

Cast & Crew

Red Skelton
Wally "The Fox" Benton

Ann Rutherford
Carol Lambert

Rags Ragland
Chester Conway, Sylvester "Lester" Conway

George Bancroft
Sheriff Claude Stagg

Guy Kibbee
Judge George Lee

Diana Lewis
Ellamae Downs

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Critic Reviews for Whistling in Dixie

All Critics (1) | Rotten (1)

It's not easy to make a comedy thriller as badly dated as this one.

July 21, 2005 | Rating: C- | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
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