Whistling in Dixie

Whistling in Dixie

74 mins | Crime, Comedy, Mystery | Dec. 31, 1942

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.

Whistling in Dixie

74 mins | Crime, Comedy, Mystery | Dec. 31, 1942

Whistling in Dixie
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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Whistling in Dixie
Directors S. Sylvan Simon
Writers Nat Perrin

Cast

Red Skelton

as Wally Benton

Ann Rutherford

as Carol Lambert

George Bancroft

as Sheriff Claude Stagg

Guy Kibbee

as Judge George Lee

Diana Lewis

as Ellamae Downs

Peter Whitney

as Frank V. Bailie

Rags Ragland

as Chester Conway / Sylvester 'Lester' Conway

Celia Travers

as Hattie Lee

Lucien Littlefield

as Corporal Lucken

Louis Mason

as Deputy Lem

Mark Daniels

as Martin Gordon

Pierre Watkin

as Doctor

Emmett Vogan

as Radio Producer

Hobart Cavanaugh

as Mr. Panky

Joseph Crehan

as Deputy Police Commissioner (uncredited)

Charles Forsythe

as Sound Effects Man (uncredited)

Billie Thomas

as The Black Boy (uncredited)