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Film / 1944
The Whistler
Directed by
William Castle
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 story
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.
In the same saga
The Whistler Collection
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Cast
Richard DixEarl C. Conrad
Gloria StuartAlice Walker
J. Carrol NaishThe Killer
Alan DinehartGorman
Trevor BardetteThe Bum in the Next Bed (Uncredited)
William BenedictThe Deafmute (Uncredited)
Charles ColemanJennings, Butler (Uncredited)
Clancy CooperTelephone Repairman (Uncredited)
Don CostelloLefty Vigran aka Gorss (Uncredited)
Ralph DunnCop at Car Accident (Uncredited)
Otto ForrestThe Whistler (Uncredited)
Byron FoulgerFlophouse Desk Clerk (Uncredited)
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Dick GordonTomley's Assistant (Uncredited)
Robert HomansDock Watchman (Uncredited)
Jack IngramPolice Detective in Alley (Uncredited)
Robert Emmett KeaneCharles 'Charlie' McNear (Uncredited)
Cy KendallGus, Bartender (Uncredited)
George LloydBill Tomley (Uncredited)
Kermit MaynardDetective at Dock (Uncredited)
Pat O'MalleyPolice Detective in Alley (Uncredited)
Walter SoderlingMan at Flophouse (Uncredited)
Charles WagenheimMan at Flophouse (Uncredited)
Joan WoodburyAntoinette 'Toni' Vigran (Uncredited)
John GeorgeBum (Uncredited)
Willie BloomBum (Uncredited)
Roy BrentDetective in Alley (Uncredited)
Russell CusterBar Patron (Uncredited)
