Whistling in Brooklyn is a 1943 film directed by S. Sylvan Simon and starring Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, and Jean Rogers. It is the third and last film starring Skelton as radio personality and amateur detective Wally "The Fox" Benton, following Whistling in the Dark and Whistling in Dixie. Leo Durocher, then-manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, made his screen debut, playing himself, while Dodgers "superfan" Hilda Chester also made a brief appearance, playing herself.
Plot
Wally prepares to marry his girlfriend, but gets sidetracked when he is mistaken for a serial killer.
Cast
Red Skelton as Wally Benton
Ann Rutherford as Carol Lambert
Jean Rogers as Jean Pringle
Rags Ragland as Chester Conway
Ray Collins as Grover Kendall
Henry O'Neill as Inspector Holcomb
William Frawley as Detective Ramsey
Sam Levene as Creeper
Arthur Space as Detective MacKenzie
Robert Emmett O'Connor as Detective Leo Finnigan
Steve Geray as Whitey
Howard Freeman as Steve Conlon
Mike Mazurki as thug
Lillian Yarbo as Maid (uncredited)