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Whistling in Brooklyn is a american film of genre Comedy directed by S. Sylvan Simon released in USA on 1 december 1943 with Red Skelton

Whistling in Brooklyn (1943)

Whistling in Brooklyn
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Released in USA 1 december 1943
Length 1h27
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Crime,    Romance
Rating66% 3.344193.344193.344193.344193.34419

Whistling in Brooklyn (1943) is the third and last film starring comedian Red Skelton as radio personality and amateur detective Wally "The Fox" Benton, following Whistling in the Dark and Whistling in Dixie. Wally prepares to marry his girlfriend, but gets sidetracked when he is mistaken for a serial murderer. Leo Durocher makes his screen debut, playing himself.

Actors

Red Skelton

(Wally 'The Fox' Benton)Ann Rutherford

(Carol Lambert)Jean Rogers

(Jean Pringle)Rags Ragland

(Chester Conway)Ray Collins

(Grover Kendall)
And :
Henry O'Neill
William Frawley
Sam Levene
Arthur Space
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