The Power of the Whistler (1945)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Lew Landers

Writer:

Aubrey Wisberg (writer)

Release Date:

19 April 1945 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

Radio's Mystery Man Will Hold YOU Spellbound!

Plot:

A man who stops in at a fortune teller's as a joke is shocked to have the fortune teller predict his imminent death. |

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Insanity | Sequel | Sister | Murder

Cast

Richard Dix	...	William Everest
Janis Carter	...	Jean Lang
Jeff Donnell	...	Frances 'Francie' Lane
Loren Tindall	...	Charlie Kent
Tala Birell	...	Constantina Ivaneska
John Abbott	...	Kaspar Andropolous

Runtime:

66 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #10699)

Company:

Larry Darmour Productions

Movie Connections:

Followed by The Thirteenth Hour (1947)

The Radio Classic from the 1940's

My father told me about the Whistler Series that ran on the Radio years ago in the 1940's and Richard Dix starred in this series. This film was directed by Lew Landers, a famous director who created many mystery films and especially this film which will keep you trying to figure out just what William Everest (Richard Dix) was after he received a bad blow to his head from a car running into him and he lost his memory and amnesia occurred. William Everest stops in for a drink at a bar and a young pretty blonde named Jean Lang,(Janis Carter) is playing with cards that a fortune teller would use and finds out that this man at the bar has about twenty-four hours to live and will probably die. There are many twists and turns in this dark mysterious film from the 1940's and there is a very dark side to William Everest and he always seems to attract the very pretty women. Enjoy.