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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Laurence Gross (play) and
Edward Childs Carpenter (play) ...
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Release Date:
8 August 1941 (USA) more
Tagline:
WE'VE ROLLED OUT THE WELCOME MAT FOR 1941'S KING OF FUN! more
Plot:
The operators of 'Silver Haven', a cultish group bilking gullible rich people out of money, is set to... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
A great comedy mystery film! more (9 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Red Skelton | ... | Wally Benton |
 | Conrad Veidt | ... | Joseph Jones |
| Ann Rutherford | ... | Carol Lambert |
| Virginia Grey | ... | 'Fran' Post |
| Rags Ragland | ... | Sylvester (as 'Rags' Ragland) |
| Henry O'Neill | ... | Philip Post |
| Eve Arden | ... | 'Buzz' Baker |
| Paul Stanton | ... | Jennings |
| Donald Douglas | ... | Gordon Thomas (as Don Douglas) |
| Don Costello | ... | 'Noose' Green |
| William Tannen | ... | Robert Graves |
| Reed Hadley | ... | Beau Smith |
| Mariska Aldrich | ... | Hilda |
| Lloyd Corrigan | ... | Harvey Upshaw |
| George M. Carleton | ... | Deputy Commissioner O'Neill (as George Carleton) |
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78 min
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1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Italy:VM14 | Australia:G | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #7550) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)
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The play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 19 January 1932 and had 265 performances. The opening night cast included Edward Arnold, Claire Trevor, Ernest Truex and Arthur Vinton. more
Quotes:
Buzz:
Help yourself to some of your father's product.
Fran:
Not me. That's what killed mama.
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Featured in 100 Years of Comedy (1997) (V) more
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What are the movies in the "Whistling" series?more
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While many pass this off as a B movie it is, indeed, a first class comedy that is well-written and acted. Red Skelton is great as Wally Benton better known to radio fans as The Fox. Ann Rutherford is perfect as Wally's fiance Carol Lambert. Conrad Veidt leads a very well cast gang of criminals. I read one account of this movie which states that Vincente Minelli directed this film, not unless he changed his name to S. Sylvan Simon, who directed all three of the Fox movies. This is a very entertaining film made when imagination was encouraged. So get over your black and white prejudice if you have one, sit back and enjoy a truly great comedy. This was also Red's first starring role. Take note during the climax of the reference to Orson Welles' War Of the Worlds broadcast.