Whistling Collection
Red Skelton unleashes live-wire goofiness as the Fox, a radio sleuth in the Whistling trilogy with co-stars Ann Rutherford and Rags Ragland.
Whistling in the Dark (1941)
08 August, 1941
The operators of 'Silver Haven', a cultish group bilking gullible rich people out of money, is set to inherit a large sum after the deceased woman's heir also dies. Leader Joesph Jones decides to hurry the process along and kidnaps Wally Benton, his fiancé, and a friend, to further this goal. Wally, 'The Fox', is a radio sleuth who solves murders on the air. Jones wants him to devise a perfect murder, and isn't above killing others sloppily along the way to get his foolproof murder plot.
Whistling in Dixie (1942)
31 December, 1942
Radio sleuth Wally 'The Fox' Benton travels to Georgia with his fiancé Carol to be married; and to help Carol's college chum, Ellamae Downs, solve a mystery involving a murdered man, old Fort Dixon, and buried treasure.
Whistling in Brooklyn (1943)
01 December, 1943
Radio crime show host "The Fox" finds himself on the trail of a serial killer while a suspect himself.