Rent The Whistler / The Mark of the Whistler (1944)
3.3 of 5 from 47 ratings
2h 1min
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- Synopsis:
Adapted from a hit radio series, each episode has the 'Whistler' emerge from the shadows to introduce a nightmarish, twisting tale in his own sardonic manner, with the first seven films starring Richard Dix (It Happened in Hollywood).
The Whistler (1944)
A man, despondent over the death of his wife, wants to commit suicide but can't bring himself to do it. He hires a man to hire a professional killer to do the job. However, he soon finds out that his wife isn't really dead - but the man he paid to hire the hitman is, and he has no idea who the man hired or how to get him to call off the hit.
The Mark of the Whistler (1944)A drifter claims the money in an old bank account by impersonating someone else with the same name. Soon he finds himself the target of a man who turns out to be the son of the old partner of the impersonated man's father, who caused his partner to do time in prison. - Actors:
- Richard Dix, Gloria Stuart, J. Carrol Naish, Alan Dinehart, Trevor Bardette, William 'Billy' Benedict, Willie Bloom, Roy Brent, Charles Coleman, Clancy Cooper, Don Costello, Russell Custer, Ralph Dunn, Otto Forrest, Byron Foulger, John George, Dick Gordon, Robert Homans, Jack Ingram, Robert Emmett Keane
- Directors:
- William Castle
- Producers:
- Rudolph C. Flothow
- Writers:
- George Bricker, Cornell Woolrich
- Aka:
- The Whistler / (The Marked Man / The Mark of the Whistler / Dormant Account)
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 27/05/2024
- Run Time:
- 122 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with film historian Josh Nelson on 'The Whistler' (2024)
- A Whistle-Stop Tour (2024, 25 mins): in-depth overview of the film series by critic and author Kim Newman
- It's Your America (c.1945, 36 mins): dramatised documentary focusing on soldiers returning from World War II, directed by John Ford and featuring J Carrol Naish, the antagonist in 'The Whistler'
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials
- Worlld premieres on Blu-ray
