Plot

The Whistler was the first of eight Columbia "B" thrillers based on the popular radio series of the same name. The Whistler, a shadowy (and unbilled) figure, introduced each film as he'd done on radio: "I am the Whistler...and I know many things, for I walk by night." This time the Whistler tells the strange story of despondent Richard Dix, who, believing his wife dead, hires professional killer J. Carroll Naish to put him out of his misery. Then the wife suddenly shows up...and Dix can't locate his would-be assassin. An old story with plenty of fresh new twists (for example, Naish talks of his profession as though it were a fine art like painting and sculpture), The Whistler bode well for the seven films that followed. Richard Dix starred in all but one film in the series, alternating between hero and heavy. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Cast

• Richard Dix - Earl Conrad
• J. Carrol Naish - The Killer
• Gloria Stuart - Alice Walker
• Alan Dinehart - Gorman
• Don Costello - Lefty Vigran

Joan Woodbury - Toni Vigran; Trevor Bardette - The Thief; Robert Emmett Keane - Charles McNear; Clancy Cooper - Briggs; George Lloyd - Bill Tomley; Byron Foulger - Flophouse Clerk; Charles Coleman - Jennings; Robert E. Homans - Dock Watchman; Cy Kendall - Bartender; Otto Forrest - The Whistler

Credit

George C. VanMarter - Art Director, William Castle - Director, Jerome Thoms - Editor, Wilber Hatch - Composer (Music Score), James S. Brown, Jr. - Cinematographer, Rudolph C. Flothow - Producer, Sidney Clifford - Set Designer, Eric Taylor - Screenwriter, J. Donald Wilson - Short Story Author

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