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78% Critic Match
Excuse My Dust
“M.G.M.'s Technicolor SONG and FUN film !”
7.8 / 10• 1951• 1h 22m•NR• English
ComedyMusic
Storyline
Joe, inventor in an American Small town of 1895 has problems with his new invention, a car, driven with a gasoline motor. Everybody is making fun about his "crazy invention", only his girl friend believes in him. When he's halfway successful, another woman tries to win his heart, and his girl-friend thinks he has quit with her. But on a race for those new horse-less vehicles, he gets in trouble and only his former girl friend is able to help him.
Cast & Crew
Red Skelton
Joe Belden
Lead
Sally Forrest
Liz Bullitt
Macdonald Carey
Cyrus Random, Jr.
William Demarest
Harvey Bullitt
Monica Lewis
Daisy Lou Shultzer
Raymond Walburn
Mayor Fred Haskell
Jane Darwell
Mrs. Belden
Lillian Bronson
Mrs. Matilda Bullitt
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Roy Rowland's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Excuse My Dust is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
