Whistling in the Dark
SURPRISE COMEDY HIT OF THE YEAR ! Don't Miss It !
1941 | 78m | English
Popularity: 0.4 (history)
| Director: | S. Sylvan Simon |
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| Writer: | Albert Mannheimer, Harry Clork, Robert MacGunigle |
| Staring: |
| Radio crime show host 'The Fox' along with his fiancée and ex-girlfriend are kidnapped by a larcenous cult who demand that he help them plan a perfect murder. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 08, 1941 |
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| Director: | S. Sylvan Simon |
| Writer: | Albert Mannheimer, Harry Clork, Robert MacGunigle |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | radio program, screwball comedy |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 18, 2026 Entered: Apr 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Red Skelton | Wally Benton |
| Conrad Veidt | Joseph Jones |
| Ann Rutherford | Carol Lambert |
| Virginia Grey | 'Fran' Post |
| Rags Ragland | Sylvester |
| Henry O'Neill | Philip Post |
| Eve Arden | 'Buzz' Baker |
| Paul Stanton | Jennings |
| Donald Douglas | Deputy Commissioner O'Neill |
| Don Costello | 'Noose' Green |
| William Tannen | Robert Graves |
| Reed Hadley | Beau Smith |
| Mariska Aldrich | Hilda |
| Lloyd Corrigan | Harvey Upshaw |
| George M. Carleton | Deputy Commissioner O'Neill |
| Will Lee | Herman the Druggist |
| Ruth Robinson | Mrs. Robinson |
| Dorothy Adams | Mrs. Farrell (uncredited) |
| Barbara Bedford | Cult Members / Telephone Operator (uncredited) |
| Billy Bletcher | Radio Effects Man (uncredited) |
| Ken Christy | Inspector Rogers in Show (uncredited) |
| Joe Devlin | Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
| John Dilson | Hugo in Show (uncredited) |
| Al Hill | Flintwood Policeman (uncredited) |
| Robert Homans | Flintwood Policeman (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Morris | Telephone Operator (uncredited) |
| Ronald R. Rondell | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Brick Sullivan | Flintwood Policeman (uncredited) |
| Leon Tyler | Gerald (uncredited) |
| Emmett Vogan | Show Producer (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Albert Mannheimer | Screenplay |
| Laurence Gross | Theatre Play |
| Gabriel Scognamillo | Art Direction |
| Robert Kalloch | Costume Design |
| Gil Perkins | Stunts |
| Edward Childs Carpenter | Theatre Play |
| Paul Marquardt | Orchestrator |
| Sidney Wagner | Director of Photography |
| Harry Clork | Screenplay |
| Robert MacGunigle | Screenplay |
| Werner R. Heymann | Music |
| Daniele Amfitheatrof | Music |
| Edward Ward | Music |
| S. Sylvan Simon | Director |
| Bronislau Kaper | Music, Original Music Composer |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision |
| Franz Waxman | Music |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| George Haight | Producer |
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| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
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