Excuse My Dust

Excuse My Dust

82 mins | Comedy | June 27, 1951

Joe, inventor in an American Small town of 1895 has problems with his new invention, a car, driven with a gasoline motor. Everybody is making fun about his "crazy invention", only his girl friend believes in him. When he's halfway successful, another woman tries to win his heart, and his girl-friend thinks he has quit with her. But on a race for those new horse-less vehicles, he gets in trouble and only his former girl friend is able to help him.

Excuse My Dust

82 mins | Comedy | June 27, 1951

Excuse My Dust
Joe, inventor in an American Small town of 1895 has problems with his new invention, a car, driven with a gasoline motor. Everybody is making fun about his "crazy invention", only his girl friend believes in him. When he's halfway successful, another woman tries to win his heart, and his girl-friend thinks he has quit with her. But on a race for those new horse-less vehicles, he gets in trouble and only his former girl friend is able to help him.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Excuse My Dust
Directors Roy Rowland
Writers Stephanie Nordli, George Wells

Cast

Red Skelton

as Joe Belden

Sally Forrest

as Liz Bullitt

Macdonald Carey

as Cyrus Random, Jr.

William Demarest

as Harvey Bullitt

Monica Lewis

as Daisy Lou Shultzer

Raymond Walburn

as Mayor Fred Haskell

Jane Darwell

as Mrs. Belden

Lillian Bronson

as Mrs. Matilda Bullitt

Herbert Anderson

as Ben Parrott

Paul Harvey

as Cyrus Random, Sr.

Marjorie Wood

as Mrs. Cyrus Random Sr.

Lee Scott

as Horace Antler

Alex Gerry

as Mr. Antler

Jim Hayward

as Nick Tosca

Will Wright

as Race judge

Dorinda Clifton

as Six Girl Club Member (uncredited)