Whistling in Brooklyn

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1hr 27min

Genre:

Comedy

Release:

1943

Starring:

Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, Jean Rogers ... More

Synopsis: 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 about ... Full Synopsis

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	Bruce Eder, AMG Review The last of Red Skelton's three stints as radio personality Wally Benton ("alias 'The Fox'") is the wildest and woolliest of them all. The script has enough holes to run an 18-wheeler through it, but director S. Sylvan Simon combines his skills at pushing a story forward with Skelton's relentless energy, so that one hardly notices or cares -- especially amid the sight gags that seem to turn up in tandem ... Read Review