Whistling in Dixie (1942)
FUNNIEST FILM EVER MADE !
Radio sleuth Wally 'The Fox' Benton travels to Georgia with his fiancé Carol to be married; and to help Carol's college chum, Ellamae Downs, solve a mystery involving a murdered man, old Fort Dixon, and buried treasure.
- Date of release
- 1942-12-31
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Genres
- Comedy, Mystery, Crime
- Director
- S. Sylvan Simon
- Collection
- Whistling Collection
Casting
- Red Skelton — Wally Benton
- Ann Rutherford — Carol Lambert
- George Bancroft — Sheriff Claude Stagg
- Guy Kibbee — Judge George Lee
- Diana Lewis — Ellamae Downs
- Peter Whitney — Frank V. Bailie
- Rags Ragland — Chester Conway / Sylvester 'Lester' Conway
- Celia Travers — Hattie Lee
- Lucien Littlefield — Corporal Lucken
- Louis Mason — Deputy Lem
- Mark Daniels — Martin Gordon
- Pierre Watkin — Doctor
Interesting facts
Whistling in Dixie is a 1942 American crime comedy film, the second of three starring Red Skelton as radio detective and amateur crime solver Wally Benton and Ann Rutherford as his fiancée. The pair are called upon to solve a crime in the Southern United States. The film also re-introduces Rags Ragland, playing dual roles as twins, the mostly-reformed Chester, as well as his villainous brother from the first film. The film turns into a romantic comedy mystery, complete with death traps, corrupt politicians and lost gold, ending with a frenetic fight at the end between Wally Benton and both of Rags Ragland's characters.
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