Whistling in Dixie

Whistling in Dixie is a 1942 American crime comedy film, the second of three starring Red Skelton as radio detective and amateur crime solver Wally Benton (also known as The Fox) and Ann Rutherford as his fiancée. The pair are called upon to solve a crime in the Southern United States. 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.

Whistling in Dixie
Directed by	S. Sylvan Simon
Written by	Nat Perrin Wilkie C. Mahoney (additional dialogue, as Wilkie Mahoney) Lawrence Hazard (uncredited) Jonathan Latimer (uncredited)
Produced by	George Haight
Starring	Red Skelton Ann Rutherford George Bancroft Guy Kibbee
Cinematography	Clyde De Vinna
Edited by	Frank Sullivan
Music by	Lennie Hayton
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's, Inc.
Release date	December 1942 (1942-12)
Running time	74 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$388,000[1]
Box office	$1,345,000[1]

L-R: Ann Rutherford, Red Skelton, and Diana Lewis

The film is a sequel to Whistling in the Dark and is followed by Whistling in Brooklyn.

Plot

Cast

• Red Skelton as Wally "The Fox" Benton
• Ann Rutherford as Carol Lambert
• George Bancroft as Sheriff Claude Stagg
• Guy Kibbee as Judge George Lee
• Diana Lewis as Ellamae Downs
• Peter Whitney as Frank V. Bailie
• Rags Ragland as Chester Conway
• Celia Travers as Hattie Lee
• Lucien Littlefield as Corporal Lucken
• Louis Mason as Deputy Lem
• Mark Daniels as Martin Gordon
• Pierre Watkin as Doctor
• Emmett Vogan as Radio Producer
• Hobart Cavanaugh as Mr. Panky

Reception

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.^[1][2]