Whistling in Dixie
“FUNNIEST FILM EVER MADE !”
1942•NR•1h 14m•6.2•Released
ComedyMysteryCrime
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
S. Sylvan Simon
Writer
Nat Perrin
Languages
English
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
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
Emmett Vogan
Radio Producer
Hobart Cavanaugh
Mr. Panky
Joseph Crehan
Deputy Police Commissioner (uncredited)
Production
Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Producer
George Haight
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