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The Fuller Brush Man
"OH, MY ACHING FEET!" OH, YOUR ACHING SIDES!
Genres
AdventureComedyCrimeRomance
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
93 min
Release Date
1948-06-01
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
4
Vote Average
5.8
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
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 (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews
Det. Ferguson (uncredited)
Verna Felton
Junior's Grandmother (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
Henry Seward (uncredited)
Frank LaRue
Irate Radio-Listener (uncredited)
Frank Mayo
Chess-Playing Club Member (uncredited)
Harry Tyler
Gardener (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon
Irate Radio-Listener's Wife (uncredited)
Dick Wessel
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Jimmy Hunt
Junior (uncredited)
Mary Field
Beaver Patrol Leader (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
Police Doctor (uncredited)
Mary Bayless
Pretty Girl (uncredited)
Stephen Bennett
Secretary (uncredited)
Paul E. Burns
Gardener (uncredited)
Anne Burr
Pretty Girl (uncredited)
Cliff Clark
Cop in Park (uncredited)
Chick Collins
Blackie (uncredited)
Kernan Cripps
Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Jay Eaton
Chess-Playing Club Member (uncredited)
Virginia Engels
Pretty Girl (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert
Henchman (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Henchman (uncredited)
Mary Adams Hayes
Tenement Woman with Baby Buggy (uncredited)
George Hoagland
(uncredited)
Nan Holliday
Lover in Car (uncredited)
Thomas E. Jackson
Policeman in Park (uncredited)
Virgil Johansen
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Billy Jones
Herman (uncredited)
Charles Jordan
Police Photographer (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Limping Fuller Brush Man (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
Cop (uncredited)
Frank LaRue
Irate Radio Listener (uncredited)
Jimmy Lloyd
Williams (uncredited)
James Logan
Billings (uncredited)
George Magrill
Interrogation Room Cop (uncredited)
Vivian Mason
Pretty Girl (uncredited)
Nita Mathews
Card-Playing Wife (uncredited)
Frank Mayo
Chess-Playing Club Member
Alex Melesh
Bald Man (uncredited)
Peggy Miller
Pretty Girl (uncredited)
Roger Moore
Det. Foster (uncredited)
William Newell
Police Announcer (uncredited)
Rod O'Connor
District Attorney (uncredited)
Garry Owen
Creamy (uncredited)
Jack Perrin
Cop (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Fire Captain (uncredited)
Allen Ray
Card-Playing Husband (uncredited)
Fred F. Sears
Bartender (uncredited)
David Sharpe
Skitch (uncredited)
Susan Simon
Beaver Patrol Member (uncredited)
Ann Staunton
Trist's Maid (uncredited)
Michael Towne
Lover in Car (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon
Irate Radio Listener's Wife (uncredited)
Bud Wolfe
Jiggers (uncredited)
Judith Woodbury
Pretty Girl (uncredited)
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