Whistling in Dixie
FUNNIEST FILM EVER MADE !
1942 · 1h 14m · Approved
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Directed by
S. Sylvan Simon
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Whistling in Dixie
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- S. Sylvan Simon Director
- Red Skelton as Wally Benton
- Ann Rutherford as Carol Lambert
- George Bancroft as Sheriff Claude Stagg
- Guy Kibbee as Judge George Lee
- Diana Lewis as Ellamae Downs
- Peter Whitney as Frank V. Bailie
- Rags Ragland as Chester Conway / Sylvester 'Lester' Conway
- Celia Travers as Hattie Lee
- Lucien Littlefield as Corporal Lucken
- Louis Mason as Deputy Lem
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