The Fuller Brush Man

The Fuller Brush Man
Theatrical poster
Directed byS. Sylvan Simon
Written byDevery Freeman
Frank Tashlin
Based on"Now You See It"
by Roy Huggins
Produced byS. Sylvan Simon
Edward Small
StarringRed Skelton
Janet Blair
CinematographyLester White
Edited byAl Clark
Music byHeinz Roemheld
Production
company
Edward Small Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • June 1948 (1948-06)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$950,000
Box office$3.1 million (US rentals) and $2.5 million (worldwide)

The Fuller Brush Man is a 1948 American comedy film directed by S. Sylvan Simon and released by Columbia Pictures. The film stars Red Skelton as a door-to-door salesman for the Fuller Brush Company who becomes a murder suspect. Written by Devery Freeman and Frank Tashlin, it is based upon the 1946 story Now You See It by Roy Huggins that was published in The Saturday Evening Post.