Excuse My Dust (Mr. Belden's Amazing Gasmobile) (1951)
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Excuse My Dust is one of the few Red Skelton musicals in which Skelton is not obliged to share screen space with the likes of Eleanor Powell, Esther Williams or Fernando Lamas. Set in 1900, the film stars Red as zany inventor Joe Belden. Enchanted by the new-fangled horseless carriages, Belden vows… More Excuse My Dust is one of the few Red Skelton musicals in which Skelton is not obliged to share screen space with the likes of Eleanor Powell, Esther Williams or Fernando Lamas. Set in 1900, the film stars Red as zany inventor Joe Belden. Enchanted by the new-fangled horseless carriages, Belden vows to become the Henry Ford of his small community. The climax finds Joe competing in a cross-country auto race for a $5000 prize. Though light on slapstick, this closing sequences scores on the nostalgic value of the several genuine vintage autos pressed into service. Sally Forrest co-stars as Skelton's sweetheart, while MacDonald Carey plays his obnoxious rival. The songs for the most part are well-integrated into the story, save for one anachronistically modern production number (explained away as a "dream sequence" wherein Skelton imagines what life will be like in 1950!). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Roy Rowland
- Genres
- Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy
G,
- In Theaters
- Jun 29, 1951 Wide
- Studio
- Unknown
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Cast
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Red Skelton
as Joe Belden
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Sally Forrest
as Liz Bullitt
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Macdonald Carey
as Cyrus Random Jr.
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William Demarest
as Harvey Bullitt
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Monica Lewis
as Daisy Lou Shultzer
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Raymond Walburn
as Mayor Fred Haskell
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Jane Darwell
as Mrs. Belden
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Lillian Bronson
as Matilda Bullitt
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Guy Anderson [Herbert]
as Ben Parrot
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Paul Harvey
as Cyrus Random Sr.
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Marjorie Wood
as Mrs. Random Sr.
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Lee Scott
as Horace Antler
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Alex Gerry
as Nick Tosca
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Jim Hayward
as Nick Tosca
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Will Wright
as Race Judge
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Sheree North
as Club Member
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Edward Peil Sr.
as 2nd Man
- Herbert Anderson
