Whistling in Dixie (1942)

6.2/10 74 min Comedy Mystery Crime

Overview

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.

Cast

Red Skelton

Wally Benton

Ann Rutherford

Carol Lambert

George Bancroft

Sheriff Claude Stagg

Guy Kibbee

Judge George Lee

Diana Lewis

Ellamae Downs

Peter Whitney

Frank V. Bailie

Rags Ragland

Chester Conway / Sylvester 'Lester' Conway

Lucien Littlefield

Corporal Lucken

Louis Mason

Deputy Lem

Mark Daniels

Martin Gordon

Pierre Watkin

Doctor

Emmett Vogan

Radio Producer

Hobart Cavanaugh

Mr. Panky

Joseph Crehan

Deputy Police Commissioner (uncredited)

Billie Thomas

The Black Boy

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