you have to be awfully patient to sit through a film with one liner so flat and unfunny that you wonder what all the fuss be about when whistle in the dark open to such an enthusiastic greeting from audience in the 1940s . on top of some weak one liner and ordinary sight gag and the plot be a far fetch a the tale the fox ( red skelton ) tell his radio audience . you have to wonder why anyone would think he could come up with a real life solution on how to commit the perfect crime and get away with it . but then and that how unrealistic the comedy be . but if youre a true red skelton fan and enjoy a look back at how comedy be make in the 40 you can at least enjoy the amiable cast support him . ann rutherford and virginia grey do nicely a his love interest and conrad veidt and a always and make an interesting villain . one of his more amusing moment be his reaction to skelton explain the mystery of wear turban . i never know that and he muse and impress by a minor point that be cleverly introduce . all in all and typical nonsense that require you to accept the lack of credibility and just accept the gag a they be . not always easy for a discriminate viewer a many of them simply fall flat and the way many comedy of this era do because the novelty of the sight gag and one liner have simply wear off .