Whistling in Brooklyn

Whistling in Brooklyn
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	S. Sylvan Simon
Produced by	George Haight
Written by	Nat Perrin Wilkie C. Mahoney (add. dialogue) Stanley Roberts (uncredited)
Starring	Red Skelton Ann Rutherford Jean Rogers
Music by	George Bassman
Cinematography	Lester White
Edited by	Ben Lewis
Distributed by	MGM
Release dates	December 1943 (1943-12)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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 made his screen debut, playing himself, and Hilda Chester, the Brooklyn Dodgers' "superfan" also made a brief appearance, playing herself.

Cast

• Red Skelton as Wally Benton
• Ann Rutherford as Carol Lambert
• Jean Rogers as Jean Pringle
• Rags Ragland as Chester
• 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

References

External links

• Whistling in Brooklyn at the American Film Institute Catalog
• Whistling in Brooklyn at the TCM Movie Database
• Whistling in Brooklyn at the Internet Movie Database
• Whistling in Brooklyn at AllMovie