The Secret of the Whistler (1946)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

George Sherman

Writers:

Richard H. Landau (original screenplay) and
Raymond L. Schrock (original screenplay)

Release Date:

7 November 1946 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

An artist married to a wealthy but ill woman begins an affair with one of his models, who is after him solely for his money...

Plot Keywords:

Artist | Diary | Poison | Model | Blackmail

Cast

Richard Dix	...	Ralph Harrison
Leslie Brooks	...	Kay Morrell
Michael Duane	...	Jim Calhoun
Mary Currier	...	Edith Marie Harrison
Mona Barrie	...	Linda Vail
Ray Walker	...	Joseph Aloysius 'Joe' Conroy
Claire Du Brey	...	Laura - Harrison's Servant

Runtime:

65 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Certification:

USA:Approved | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Company:

Larry Darmour Productions

Movie Connections:

Followed by The Return of the Whistler (1948)

One of the Best

Secret of the Whistler, The (1946)

*** (out of 4) T

he sixth film in Columbia's series and the last to feature Richard Dix. In the film Dix plays an artist who begins dating a younger woman (Leslie Brooks) while waiting for his wife to die. After the wife dies he marries the younger woman but soon she starts to fear that he might have killed the first wife. This is another good entry in the series that manages to build some nice suspense with its very entertaining story and another fine performance by Dix. Not only is Dix very good in his role but the supporting cast is great as well. Brooks turns in a very good performance as the woman who begins to suspect the worst. Michael Duane and Mary Currier co-star as a newspaper man and Dix's first wife. The story goes by at a very fast pace and there's some nice twists and turns along the way. The film focuses on a psychological horror aspect, which is where the suspense comes from.