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Whistling in Brooklyn

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A murderer, dubbed the Constant Reader for sending notes to the police with exact locations and descriptions of victims, eludes Inspector Holcomb (Henry O'Neill). On a radio program called The Fox, hosted by Wally Benton (Red Skelton), Holcomb hears Wally describe a letter that sounds similar to those from the Constant Reader. Wally, who is about to marry co-star Carol Lambert (Ann Rutherford), is then pursued by the police and determined cub reporter Jean Pringle (Jean Rogers).
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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Red Skelton fans should be pleased with his usual goofy comic antics, others may not. Rated: C+ Mar 28, 2014 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member #3 in the 'whistling..." series very funny Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member A tad too much slapstick for me, but Red Skelton definitely cracked me up several times. I wanted to murder that idiot driver by the end though. Just about every problem was caused by him, and the sheer force of his stupidity was tiresome. And I'm not sure what was going on with Red's fox howl thing. Sounded more like a wolf being slowly run over... or burned... or something else painful, but definitely not a fox. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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S. Sylvan Simon

Director

Red Skelton

Wally "The Fox" Benton

Ann Rutherford

Carol Lambert

Jean Rogers

Jean Pringle

Rags Ragland

Chester Conway

Ray Collins

Grover Kendall
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Synopsis A murderer, dubbed the Constant Reader for sending notes to the police with exact locations and descriptions of victims, eludes Inspector Holcomb (Henry O'Neill). On a radio program called The Fox, hosted by Wally Benton (Red Skelton), Holcomb hears Wally describe a letter that sounds similar to those from the Constant Reader. Wally, who is about to marry co-star Carol Lambert (Ann Rutherford), is then pursued by the police and determined cub reporter Jean Pringle (Jean Rogers).
Director
S. Sylvan Simon
Producer
George Haight
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 18, 1943, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2009
Runtime
1h 27m
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