Whistling in Brooklyn

Comedy, Crime, Mystery · 1943PASSED

This is the third and last film in a series of wacky comedies about ace radio detective Wally Benton, played by Red Skelton. As Benton prepares to marry his sweetheart, his valet inadvertently convinces a newspaper reporter than Benton is the mysterious "Constant Reader," an anonymous tipster who the police suspect is actually a murderer. After being chased through old abandoned warehouses and mansions by the police--and by the real "Constant Reader"--Benton ends up hiding out as a bearded member of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Several real-life baseball players, including Leo Durocher, appear. Filming locations included Ebbets Field, Prospect Park, Flatbush Avenue, the Williamsburg Bank building, and the Manhattan Bridge.

Starring

Cedric Gibbons, Red Skelton, Edwin B. Willis, Ann Rutherford, George Haight, Jean Rogers, Rags Ragland, Ben Lewis, Nat Perrin, Ray Collins

Director

S. Sylvan Simon

Producer

George Haight