Whistling in the Dark

Whistling in the Dark

78 mins | Comedy, Mystery | Aug. 8, 1941

The operators of 'Silver Haven', a cultish group bilking gullible rich people out of money, is set to inherit a large sum after the deceased woman's heir also dies. Leader Joesph Jones decides to hurry the process along and kidnaps Wally Benton, his fiancé, and a friend, to further this goal. Wally, 'The Fox', is a radio sleuth who solves murders on the air. Jones wants him to devise a perfect murder, and isn't above killing others sloppily along the way to get his foolproof murder plot.

Whistling in the Dark

78 mins | Comedy, Mystery | Aug. 8, 1941

Whistling in the Dark
The operators of 'Silver Haven', a cultish group bilking gullible rich people out of money, is set to inherit a large sum after the deceased woman's heir also dies. Leader Joesph Jones decides to hurry the process along and kidnaps Wally Benton, his fiancé, and a friend, to further this goal. Wally, 'The Fox', is a radio sleuth who solves murders on the air. Jones wants him to devise a perfect murder, and isn't above killing others sloppily along the way to get his foolproof murder plot.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Whistling in the Dark
Directors S. Sylvan Simon
Writers Edward Childs Carpenter, Laurence Gross, Robert MacGunigle, Harry Clork, Albert Mannheimer

Cast

Red Skelton

as Wally Benton

Conrad Veidt

as Joseph Jones

Ann Rutherford

as Carol Lambert

Virginia Grey

as 'Fran' Post

Rags Ragland

as Sylvester

Henry O'Neill

as Philip Post

Eve Arden

as 'Buzz' Baker

Paul Stanton

as Jennings

Donald Douglas

as Deputy Commissioner O'Neill

Don Costello

as 'Noose' Green

William Tannen

as Robert Graves

Reed Hadley

as Beau Smith

Mariska Aldrich

as Hilda

Lloyd Corrigan

as Harvey Upshaw

George M. Carleton

as Deputy Commissioner O'Neill

Will Lee

as Herman the Druggist

Ruth Robinson

as Mrs. Robinson

Dorothy Adams

as Mrs. Farrell (uncredited)

Barbara Bedford

as Cult Members / Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Billy Bletcher

as Radio Effects Man (uncredited)

Ken Christy

as Inspector Rogers in Show (uncredited)

Joe Devlin

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

John Dilson

as Hugo in Show (uncredited)

Al Hill

as Flintwood Policeman (uncredited)

Robert Homans

as Flintwood Policeman (uncredited)

Dorothy Morris

as Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Ronald R. Rondell

as Waiter (uncredited)

Brick Sullivan

as Flintwood Policeman (uncredited)

Leon Tyler

as Gerald (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

as Show Producer (uncredited)