The Whistler

The Whistler

60 mins | Thriller, Mystery | March 30, 1944

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.

The Whistler

60 mins | Thriller, Mystery | March 30, 1944

The Whistler
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.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Columbia Pictures, Larry Darmour Productions
Original title The Whistler
Directors Richard Monroe, William Castle
Writers J. Donald Wilson, Eric Taylor

Cast

Richard Dix

as Earl C. Conrad

Gloria Stuart

as Alice Walker

J. Carrol Naish

as The Killer

Alan Dinehart

as Gorman

Trevor Bardette

as The Bum in the Next Bed (Uncredited)

William Benedict

as The Deafmute (Uncredited)

Charles Coleman

as Jennings, Butler (Uncredited)

Clancy Cooper

as Telephone Repairman (Uncredited)

Don Costello

as Lefty Vigran aka Gorss (Uncredited)

Ralph Dunn

as Cop at Car Accident (Uncredited)

Otto Forrest

as The Whistler (Uncredited)

Byron Foulger

as Flophouse Desk Clerk (Uncredited)

Dick Gordon

as Tomley's Assistant (Uncredited)

Robert Homans

as Dock Watchman (Uncredited)

Jack Ingram

as Police Detective in Alley (Uncredited)

Robert Emmett Keane

as Charles 'Charlie' McNear (Uncredited)

Cy Kendall

as Gus, Bartender (Uncredited)

George Lloyd

as Bill Tomley (Uncredited)

Kermit Maynard

as Detective at Dock (Uncredited)

Pat O'Malley

as Police Detective in Alley (Uncredited)

Walter Soderling

as Man at Flophouse (Uncredited)

Charles Wagenheim

as Man at Flophouse (Uncredited)

Joan Woodbury

as Antoinette 'Toni' Vigran (Uncredited)

John George

as Bum (Uncredited)

Willie Bloom

as Bum (Uncredited)

Roy Brent

as Detective in Alley (Uncredited)

Russell Custer

as Bar Patron (Uncredited)