Whistling in the Dark

Aug 8, 1941

1h 18m

★ 5.8

SURPRISE COMEDY HIT OF THE YEAR ! Don't Miss It !

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Mystery

Crime

Romance

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Wally Benton

Red Skelton

Joseph Jones

Conrad Veidt

Carol Lambert

Ann Rutherford

'Fran' Post

Virginia Grey

Sylvester

Rags Ragland

Philip Post

Henry O'Neill

'Buzz' Baker

Eve Arden

Jennings

Paul Stanton

Deputy Commissioner O'Neill

Donald Douglas

'Noose' Green

Don Costello

Robert Graves

William Tannen

Beau Smith

Reed Hadley

An actor in low hours and a young interpreter who threatens to displace the former thanks to the tricks of their agent; the owner of the high mountain hotel and her estranged sister, creator of a new and unique discipline that mixes yoga and fengshui; a group of children wanting to have fun, but also to discover hidden secrets; a taciturn bellboy who sees everything; and a tremendous storm that will leave everyone isolated just before Christmas. A weekend in which everything can happen, and in which everything will happen.

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6.7

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6.9

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6.4

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6.7

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6.0

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