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When Red Skelton was cast in this S. Sylvan Simon-directed comedy he’d already played the lead in MGM films and was nationally known on radio. Here, he plays the hapless door-to-door salesman of the title who becomes a prime suspect when one of his clients is murdered. Now, he and his girl(Janet Blair, My Sister Eileen, Tonight and Every Night) have to outwit the murderer and the cops 'til they can prove he’s innocent! If this all sounds familiar, Columbia released a similarly plotted picture just two years later, swapping another famous redhead into the lead — Lucille Ball in The Fuller Brush Girl! But this is the original. Newly remastered.
Original Release
06/01/1948
US Release
06/01/1948
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Red Skelton | Red Jones |
Janet Blair | Ann Elliot |
Don McGuire | Keenan Wallick |
Hillary Brooke | Mildred Trist |
Adele Jergens | Miss Sharmley |
Ross Ford | Freddie Trist |
Trudy Marshall | Sara Franzen |
Nicholas Joy | Commissioner Gordon Trist |
Donald Curtis | Gregory Cruckston |
Arthur Space | Police Lt. Quint |
Directors
Writers
Roy Huggins, Frank Tashlin, Devery Freeman
Cast
Name | Character |
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Red Skelton | Red Jones |
Janet Blair | Ann Elliot |
Don McGuire | Keenan Wallick |
Hillary Brooke | Mildred Trist |
Adele Jergens | Miss Sharmley |
Ross Ford | Freddie Trist |
Trudy Marshall | Sara Franzen |
Nicholas Joy | Commissioner Gordon Trist |
Donald Curtis | Gregory Cruckston |
Arthur Space | Police Lt. Quint |
Abigail Adams | Pretty Girl |
Stanley Andrews | Det. Ferguson |
Mary Bayless | Pretty Girl |
Stephen Bennett | Secretary |
Paul E. Burns | Gardener |
Anne Burr | Pretty Girl |
Cliff Clark | Cop in Park |
Chick Collins | Blackie |
Kernan Cripps | Police Desk Sergeant |
Jay Eaton | Chess-Playing Club Member |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Edward Small | Executive Producer |
S. Sylvan Simon | Producer |