The Fuller Brush Man

The Fuller Brush Man

93 mins | Crime, Comedy, Adventure, Romance | June 1, 1948

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.

The Fuller Brush Man

93 mins | Crime, Comedy, Adventure, Romance | June 1, 1948

The Fuller Brush Man
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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title The Fuller Brush Man
Directors S. Sylvan Simon
Writers Devery Freeman, Frank Tashlin, Roy Huggins

Cast

Red Skelton

as Red Jones

Janet Blair

as Ann Elliot

Don McGuire

as Keenan Wallick

Hillary Brooke

as Mildred Trist

Adele Jergens

as Miss Sharmley

Ross Ford

as Freddie Trist

Trudy Marshall

as Sara Franzen

Nicholas Joy

as Commissioner Gordon Trist

Donald Curtis

as Gregory Cruckston

Arthur Space

as Police Lt. Quint

Abigail Adams

as Pretty Girl (uncredited)

Stanley Andrews

as Det. Ferguson (uncredited)

Verna Felton

as Junior's Grandmother (uncredited)

Selmer Jackson

as Henry Seward (uncredited)

Frank LaRue

as Irate Radio-Listener (uncredited)

Frank Mayo

as Chess-Playing Club Member (uncredited)

Harry Tyler

as Gardener (uncredited)

Dorothy Vernon

as Irate Radio-Listener's Wife (uncredited)

Dick Wessel

as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Jimmy Hunt

as Junior

Mary Field

as Beaver Patrol Leader

Emmett Vogan

as Police Doctor