United States / May 12, 1948
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| 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) |
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| 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) |
Genres
AdventureComedyCrimeRomance
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Fuller Brush Man |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date | 1 giugno 1948 |
| Executive producer | Edward Small |
| Production | S. Sylvan Simon |
| Writer | Roy Huggins, Frank Tashlin, Devery Freeman |
| Editing | Al Clark |
| Cinematography | Lester White, Homer Van Pelt, Roy Clark |
| Assistant directors | S. Sylvan Simon |
| Camera operators | Roy Clark, Lester White, Homer Van Pelt |
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| Additional photography | Lester White, Homer Van Pelt, Roy Clark |
| Production design | Carl Anderson, Louis Diage, Wilbur Menefee, Stephen Goosson |
| Art direction | Carl Anderson, Stephen Goosson, Louis Diage, Wilbur Menefee |
| Set decoration | Louis Diage, Wilbur Menefee, Carl Anderson, Stephen Goosson |
| Music | Heinz Roemheld |
| Sound | Heinz Roemheld |
| Costume design | Jean Louis |
| Makeup | Jean Louis |
| Hairstyling | Jean Louis |
Release dates
Premiere
Theatrical release
United States / Jun 01, 1948
Hungary / Feb 19, 1967 / 18
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