The Whistler

1944 5.9 (25 votes) 1h 0m

Genres

Thriller Mystery

Production Companies

Larry Darmour Productions
Columbia Pictures

Radio's Master of Mystery... Now on the Screen!

Overview

A guilt-ridden man blames himself for his wife's death and secretly pays an assassin to kill him. But then he finds out that his wife isn't dead at all. And now the assassin is on his trail, with no way to call off the hit.

Key Crew

Director: William Castle

Producer: Rudolph C. Flothow

Writer: Eric Taylor

Story: J. Donald Wilson

Director of Photography: James S. Brown Jr.

Top Cast

Richard Dix

Earl C. Conrad

Gloria Stuart

Alice Walker

J. Carrol Naish

The Killer

Alan Dinehart

Gorman

Trevor Bardette

The Bum in the Next Bed (Uncredited)

William Benedict

The Deafmute (Uncredited)

Charles Coleman

Jennings, Butler (Uncredited)

Clancy Cooper

Telephone Repairman (Uncredited)

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