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Whistling in Dixie

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Detective Wally The Fox Benton (Red Skelton) and his fiancée, Carol Lambert (Ann Rutherford), travel south when they hear of a mystery involving her college friend Ellamae Downs (Diana Lewis). As Wally investigates the situation, murder and hidden treasure both factor into the proceedings, with the sleuth's nemesis, Chester Conway (Rags Ragland), appearing to stir up trouble. Before long Wally and Carol are in peril, but the hapless hero does his best to win the day.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews It's not easy to make a comedy thriller as badly dated as this one. Rated: C- Jul 21, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member good sequel in the whistling series Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member VERY FUNNY RED SKELTON FILM, HE IS AT HIS COMIC BEST. GOOD COMBINATION OF HUMOR AND MYSTERY. LOT'S OF FUN. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Detective Wally The Fox Benton (Red Skelton) and his fiancée, Carol Lambert (Ann Rutherford), travel south when they hear of a mystery involving her college friend Ellamae Downs (Diana Lewis). As Wally investigates the situation, murder and hidden treasure both factor into the proceedings, with the sleuth's nemesis, Chester Conway (Rags Ragland), appearing to stir up trouble. Before long Wally and Carol are in peril, but the hapless hero does his best to win the day.
Director
S. Sylvan Simon
Producer
George Haight
Screenwriter
Nat Perrin
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Loew's Inc.
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 22, 2016
Runtime
1h 14m