Whistling in Dixie
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| Directed by | S. Sylvan Simon |
| Produced by | George Haight |
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Nat Perrin Wilkie C. Mahoney (additional dialogue, as Wilkie Mahoney) Lawrence Hazard (uncredited) Jonathan Latimer (uncredited) |
| Starring |
Red Skelton Ann Rutherford George Bancroft Guy Kibbee |
| Music by | Lennie Hayton |
| Cinematography | Clyde De Vinna |
| Edited by | Frank Sullivan |
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74 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $388,000 |
| Box office | $1,345,000 |
Whistling in Dixie is a 1942 crime comedy film, the second of three starring Red Skelton as murder mystery writer and amateur crime solver Wally Benton (aka. The Fox) and Ann Rutherford as his fiancee. The pair are called upon to solve a crime in the American South. The film also re-introduces Rags Ragland, playing dual roles as twins, the mostly-reformed Chester, as well as his villainous brother from the first film. The film turns into a romantic comedy mystery, complete with death traps, corrupt politicians and lost gold, ending with a frenetic fight at the end between Wally Benton and both of Rags Ragland's characters.
The film is a sequel to Whistling in the Dark and is followed by Whistling in Brooklyn.
According to MGM records the film earned $1,066,000 in the US and Canada and $279,000 elsewhere, making a profit of $542,000.
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