Whistling in Dixie
6.6
“FUNNIEST FILM EVER MADE !”
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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3 films
Cast
17 people
Red Skelton
Wally Benton
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
Ann Rutherford
Carol Lambert
Known for
Gone with the Wind
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
George Bancroft
Sheriff Claude Stagg
Known for
Stagecoach
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Guy Kibbee
Judge George Lee
Known for
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
42nd Street
Diana Lewis
Ellamae Downs
Known for
Go West
It's a Gift
Peter Whitney
Frank V. Bailie
Known for
In the Heat of the Night
The Big Heat
Rags Ragland
Chester Conway / Sylvester 'Lester' Conway
Known for
Anchors Aweigh
Celia Travers
Hattie Lee
Also in
3 Men in White
Mrs. Parkington
Lucien Littlefield
Corporal Lucken
Known for
Sons of the Desert
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Louis Mason
Deputy Lem
Also in
Spitfire
The Return of Frank James
Mark Daniels
Martin Gordon
Also in
The Invisible Avenger
Sex Madness
Pierre Watkin
Doctor
Known for
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Meet John Doe
S. Sylvan Simon Director · Nat Perrin Screenplay Clyde De Vinna Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $1.3M · Budget $388K · United States release December 31, 1942
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Budget
$388,000
Worldwide gross
$1,345,000
Gross vs. budget
3.5×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 31, 1942
Theatrical · New York City, New York
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