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The Fuller Brush Man

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Clumsy sanitation worker Red Jones (Red Skelton) is fired from his street-cleaning job shortly after his girlfriend, Ann Elliot (Janet Blair), refuses his marriage proposal until he betters himself. While training to become a door-to-door salesman, he accidentally stumbles into a murder investigation when the corrupt sanitation commissioner (Nicholas Joy) who had fired him is killed. When the murder weapon is found to be one of the brushes Red sells, he must fight to prove his innocence.
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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Even though this is one of Red Skelton's better films, it's not much more than low-brow slapstick comedy. Rated: C+ Aug 23, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Even though this is one of Red Skelton's better films, it's not much more than low-brow slapstick comedy. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member RED WAS LOANED OUT FROM HIS HOME STUDIO OF MGM TO DO THIS, DON'T KNOW WEATHER IT WAS HIS CHOICE OR THE STUDIOS BUT WHOEVER CHOOSE CHOOSE WISELY THIS REALLY BRINGS THE LAUGHS FROM ONE OF AMERICA'S PREMIER FUNNY MEN. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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S. Sylvan Simon

Director

Red Skelton

Red Jones

Janet Blair

Ann Elliot

Don McGuire

Keenan Wallick

Nicholas Joy

Commissioner Gordon Trist

Hillary Brooke

Mildred Trist
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Synopsis Clumsy sanitation worker Red Jones (Red Skelton) is fired from his street-cleaning job shortly after his girlfriend, Ann Elliot (Janet Blair), refuses his marriage proposal until he betters himself. While training to become a door-to-door salesman, he accidentally stumbles into a murder investigation when the corrupt sanitation commissioner (Nicholas Joy) who had fired him is killed. When the murder weapon is found to be one of the brushes Red sells, he must fight to prove his innocence.
Director
S. Sylvan Simon
Producer
S. Sylvan Simon, Edward Small
Screenwriter
Frank Tashlin, Devery Freeman, Thomas Fitzroy
Production Co
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2012
Runtime
1h 33m
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