The Fuller Brush Man

Synopsis

Poor Red Jones gets fired from every job he tries. His fiancée gives him one last chance to make good when he becomes a Fuller Brush man. His awkward attempts at sales are further complicated when one of his customers is murdered and he becomes the prime suspect.

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Key crew

• Frank TashlinScreenplay
• S. Sylvan SimonDirector
• Devery FreemanScreenplay
• Heinz RoemheldOriginal Music Composer

Cast

• Red SkeltonRed Jones
• Janet BlairAnn Elliot
• Don McGuireKeenan Wallick
• Hillary BrookeMildred Trist
• Adele JergensMiss Sharmley
• Ross FordFreddie Trist
• Trudy MarshallSara Franzen
• Nicholas JoyCommissioner Gordon Trist
• Donald CurtisGregory Cruckston
• Arthur SpacePolice Lt. Quint
• Abigail AdamsPretty Girl (uncredited)
• Stanley AndrewsDet. Ferguson (uncredited)

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