Whistling in Dixie

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Whistling in Dixie

"FUNNIEST FILM EVER MADE !"

1942

1h 14m

6.2(4 votes)

Comedy

Mystery

Crime

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.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

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

Creative team

Directed by: S. Sylvan Simon
Written by: Nat Perrin
Produced by: George Haight

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