Whistling in Brooklyn
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 we…
Whistling in Brooklyn
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.
Whistling in Brooklyn
Action,Comedy,Crime
Film Details
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..