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The Whistler(1944)
Status: Released
Date: 1944-03-30
61%
31 Votes
Time: 1h 0m
Radio's Master of Mystery... Now on the Screen!
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Larry Darmour Productions
Movie: The Whistler
Top 10 Billed Cast
Richard Dix
Earl C. Conrad
Gloria Stuart
Alice Walker
J. Carrol Naish
The Killer
Alan Dinehart
Gorman
Trevor Bardette
The Bum in the Next Bed (Uncredited)
William Benedict
The Deafmute (Uncredited)
Charles Coleman
Jennings, Butler (Uncredited)
Clancy Cooper
Telephone Repairman (Uncredited)
Don Costello
Lefty Vigran aka Gorss (Uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
Cop at Car Accident (Uncredited)
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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.
Release Date
1944-03-30
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6.065
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Radio's Master of Mystery... Now on the Screen!
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