movie
Whistling in Brooklyn
Director: S. Sylvan Simon
Year: 1943
Plot: Radio crime show host "The Fox" finds himself on the trail of a serial killer while a suspect himself.
Original Title:
Whistling in Brooklyn
Director:
S. Sylvan Simon
Writer:
Nat Perrin
,
Wilkie C. Mahoney
,
Stanley Roberts
Producer:
George Haight
Type: movie
Year: 1943
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance
Cast:
Barbara Whitson
,
Hal Peck
,
Christine Stafford
,
The Brooklyn Dodgers
,
Joe 'Ducky' Medwick
,
Bobo Newsom
,
Hilda Chester
,
Ray Hayworth
,
Happy Felton
,
Mickey Owen
,
Alex Kampouris
,
Pat Ankenman
,
Frank Pittman
,
Max Macon
,
Dolph Camilli
,
Newt Kimball
,
Harry Saz
,
Carrie Koshnik
,
Divonna Doxie
,
Arky Vaughan
,
Red Skelton
,
Ann Rutherford
,
Jean Rogers
,
Rags Ragland
,
Ray Collins
,
Henry O'Neill
,
William Frawley
,
Sam Levene
,
Arthur Space
,
Robert Emmett O'Connor
,
Steven Geray
,
Howard Freeman
,
Tom Dillon
,
Morris Ankrum
,
William Bishop
,
Billy Bletcher
,
Sammy Blum
,
Jack Lionel Bohn
,
Chet Brandenburg
,
Jack Carrington
,
Anthony Caruso
,
Clancy Cooper
,
Edgar Dearing
,
Charles Dorety
,
Jimmie Dundee
,
Eddie Dunn
,
Leo Durocher
,
Mary Elliott
,
Billy Engle
,
Bess Flowers
,
Buddy Gorman
,
William Haade
,
Larry Harris
,
Sam Hayes
,
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
,
Billy Herman
,
Sheldon Jett
,
Charles Jordan
,
Donald Kerr
,
Mitchell Lewis
,
Walter Luedke
,
George Magrill
,
Mike Mazurki
,
Kay Medford
,
Howard M. Mitchell
,
Sue Moore
,
Bert Moorhouse
,
Jack Mulhall
,
Garry Owen
,
Harvey Parry
,
Gil Perkins
,
Lee Phelps
,
Dewey Robinson
,
Loretta Rush
,
Frank J. Scannell
,
Mabel Smaney
,
Freddie Steele
,
Harry Strang
,
Charles Sullivan
,
Elliott Sullivan
,
Robert Sully
,
Ray Teal
,
Richard Thorne
,
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
,
Florence Turner
,
Harry Tyler
,
Emmett Vogan
,
John Wald
,
James Warren
,
Kay Williams
,
Dorothy Wilson
,
Robert Winkler
,
Rudy Wissler
,
Grant Withers
,
Lillian Yarbo
Runtimes:
87
Countries:
United States
Languages:
English
Color Info:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1
Sound Mix:
Mono::(Western Electric Sound System)
Original Air Date: Dec 1943 (USA)
Rating: 6.7
Votes: 688
Year: 1943
Akas:
La bête (France)
,
Gespensterjagd in Brooklyn (Germany)
,
Gangsterjagd in Brooklyn (Germany)
,
El zorro (Mexico)
,
Sherlock Assustado (Brazil)
Production Companies:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Distributors:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
,
Metro Goldwyn Mayer
,
MGM Home Entertainment
,
Warner Home Video
Synopsis:
Red Skelton filmed a series of these "whistling" movies during the 1940's. Whistling In Brooklyn, features witty dialog and lots of sight gags. Wally 'The Fox' Benton (Red Skelton) is the star of a weekly radio mystery program. He innocently gets involved with a gang that is murdering city officials under the pseudonym of Constant Reader in an attempt to take over the city. Through several plot twists, Skelton gets blamed for the murders and goes on the lam with his chauffeur Chester (Rags Ragland), and two pretty girls Carol Lambert (Ann Rutherford, Skelton's fiance) and Jean Pringle (Jean Rogers) who plays the part of a dippy newspaper reporter. Things get crazy when Wally dons a beard and pitches in an exhibition baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Bearded Beavers. Whistling In Brooklyn also features several of the actual Brooklyn Dodger baseball players.
Cinematographer:
Lester White
Producer:
George Haight
Production Manager:
Keith Weeks
Art Direction:
Cedric Gibbons
Certificates:
Australia:G
,
United Kingdom:A
,
United States:Passed::(National Board of Review)
,
United States:Approved
,
United States:TV-G::(TV rating)
Composer:
George Bassman
Editor:
Ben Lewis
Sound Crew:
John F. Dullam
,
Douglas Shearer
Music Department:
Daniele Amfitheatrof
,
William Axt
,
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
,
Lennie Hayton
,
Sol Kaplan
,
David Snell
Other Companies:
Turner Entertainment
,
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Assistant Director:
Earl McEvoy
,
Alfred Raboch
Art Department:
Mildred Griffiths
,
Jack Martin Smith
Set Decoration:
Edwin B. Willis
Costume Department:
Eugene Joseff
,
Irene
Special Effects:
Warren Newcombe
Stunt Performer:
Harvey Parry
,
Gil Perkins