The Fuller Brush Man
6.8
“"OH, MY ACHING FEET!" OH, YOUR ACHING SIDES!”
Poor Red Jones gets fired from every job he tries. His fiancée gives him one last chance to make good when he becomes a Fuller Brush man. His awkward attempts at sales are further complicated when one of his customers is murdered and he becomes the prime suspect.
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Cast
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Red Skelton
Red Jones
Known for
Rudolph's Shiny New Year
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Janet Blair
Ann Elliot
Known for
Night of the Eagle
Don McGuire
Keenan Wallick
Known for
Armored Car Robbery
Possessed
Hillary Brooke
Mildred Trist
Known for
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The Woman in Green
Adele Jergens
Miss Sharmley
Known for
Armored Car Robbery
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Ross Ford
Freddie Trist
Also in
Project Moon Base
Reform School Girl
Trudy Marshall
Sara Franzen
Known for
Dragonwyck
Nicholas Joy
Commissioner Gordon Trist
Known for
Gentleman's Agreement
Desk Set
Donald Curtis
Gregory Cruckston
Known for
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
Spellbound
Arthur Space
Police Lt. Quint
Known for
The Spirit of St. Louis
20 Million Miles to Earth
Abigail Adams
Pretty Girl (uncredited)
Also in
The Return of the Whistler
Copacabana
Stanley Andrews
Det. Ferguson (uncredited)
Known for
Superman and the Mole Men
Meet John Doe
S. Sylvan Simon Director · Frank Tashlin Screenplay Devery Freeman Screenplay
United States release June 1, 1948 · Produced in United States
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 12, 1948
Premiere
United States · June 1, 1948
Theatrical
Hungary
February 19, 1967 · Theatrical
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