Whistling in Brooklyn
1943 film by S. Sylvan Simon
- December 1943 (1943-12)
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Whistling in Brooklyn is a 1943 film directed by S. Sylvan Simon and starring Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, and Jean Rogers. It is the third and last film starring Skelton as radio personality and amateur detective Wally "The Fox" Benton, following Whistling in the Dark and Whistling in Dixie. Leo Durocher, then-manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, made his screen debut, playing himself, while Dodgers "superfan" Hilda Chester also made a brief appearance, playing herself.
Plot
Wally prepares to marry his girlfriend, but gets sidetracked when he is mistaken for a serial killer.
Cast
- Red Skelton as Wally Benton
- Ann Rutherford as Carol Lambert
- Jean Rogers as Jean Pringle
- Rags Ragland as Chester Conway
- Ray Collins as Grover Kendall
- Henry O'Neill as Inspector Holcomb
- William Frawley as Detective Ramsey
- Sam Levene as Creeper
- Arthur Space as Detective MacKenzie
- Robert Emmett O'Connor as Detective Leo Finnigan
- Steve Geray as Whitey
- Howard Freeman as Steve Conlon
- Mike Mazurki as thug
- Lillian Yarbo as Maid (uncredited)
References
External links
- Whistling in Brooklyn at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Whistling in Brooklyn at the TCM Movie Database
- Whistling in Brooklyn at IMDb
- Whistling in Brooklyn at AllMovie
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Films directed by S. Sylvan Simon
- A Girl with Ideas (1937)
- Prescription for Romance (1937)
- The Crime of Doctor Hallet (1938)
- The Nurse from Brooklyn (1938)
- Spring Madness (1938)
- Four Girls in White (1939)
- The Kid from Texas (1939)
- These Glamour Girls (1939)
- Dancing Co-Ed (1939)
- Two Girls on Broadway (1940)
- Sporting Blood (1940)
- Dulcy (1940)
- Keeping Company (1940)
- Washington Melodrama (1941)
- Whistling in the Dark (1941)
- The Bugle Sounds (1942)
- Rio Rita (1942)
- Grand Central Murder (1942)
- Tish (1942)
- Whistling in Dixie (1942)
- Salute to the Marines (1943)
- Whistling in Brooklyn (1943)
- Song of the Open Road (1944)
- Son of Lassie (1945)
- Abbott and Costello in Hollywood (1945)
- Bad Bascomb (1946)
- The Thrill of Brazil (1946)
- The Cockeyed Miracle (1946)
- Her Husband's Affairs (1947)
- I Love Trouble (1948)
- The Fuller Brush Man (1948)
- Lust for Gold (1949)
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