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  • Voice of the Whistler (1945)
  • Approved
    60 min | Drama, Film-Noir
Voice of the Whistler (1945)
Approved
60 min | Drama, Film-Noir

The 4th film of the Columbia series based on the CBS radio program, "The Whistler", finds wealthy John Sinclair, with no health or friends, being advised by his doctor to take a long vacation. Heading for the Great Lakes, he becomes ill in...See moreThe 4th film of the Columbia series based on the CBS radio program, "The Whistler", finds wealthy John Sinclair, with no health or friends, being advised by his doctor to take a long vacation. Heading for the Great Lakes, he becomes ill in the cab operated by Ernie Sparrow an is taken to a clinic where he meets nurse Joan Martin, who is engaged to intern Fred Graham. Doctors now tell him he has only a few months to live and advise him to go to Maine (where, evidently, it will seem longer.) He asks Joan to marry him, promising to leave her his fortune. She, no dummy, accepts but hard-loser Fred doesn't like it even though she says she is doing it for him. After six months of living in a lighthouse with only Joan and Sparrow, whom he has hired as his aide, Sinclaie seemingly regains his health and has really fallen in love with Joan. She tells him she can no longer tolerate the loneliness just as Fred arrives for a visit, and John invites him to stay. In a chess game, John facetiously outlines to Fred how he would murder him if he chose to. Fred, decides to beat him to the punch and enters his bedroom that night and attempts to kill John with a poker. The figure in the bed turns out to be a dummy and John, who has been hiding, clubs Fred to death. He tries to throw the body from the bedroom window but it won't open and, planning to return and force it open later, he carries the body to the rocks and then hits Fred's head with a stone. Returning to the lighthouse, John meets Sparrow and tells him that Fred fell from a window but Sparrow knows all the windows have been nailed shut. And Joan, who saw John carry the body out, has summoned the police. Written by Les Adams See less
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Director
Writers
Wilfrid H. Pettitt (screenplay) | William Castle (screenplay) | Allan Radar (story) (as Allan Rader)
Cinematographer
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Updated Oct 30, 1945

Release date
Oct 30, 1945 (United States)

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29 cast members
Name Known for
Richard Dix
John Sinclair / John Carter John Sinclair / John Carter   See fewer
Lynn Merrick
Joan Martin Sinclair Joan Martin Sinclair   See fewer
Rhys Williams
Ernie Sparrow Ernie Sparrow   See fewer
James Cardwell
Fred Graham Fred Graham   See fewer
Tom Kennedy
Ferdinand / Hammerlock Ferdinand / Hammerlock   See fewer
Sam Ash
Gibson Motor Car Co. Executive (uncredited) Gibson Motor Car Co. Executive (uncredited)   See fewer
Charles Coleman
Sinclair's Butler (uncredited) Sinclair's Butler (uncredited)   See fewer
Max Davidson
Man in clinic waiting room (uncredited) Man in clinic waiting room (uncredited)   See fewer
Otto Forrest
The Whistler (uncredited) The Whistler (uncredited)   See fewer
Byron Foulger
Georgie (uncredited) Georgie (uncredited)   See fewer
Martin Garralaga
Tony, Fruit Peddler (uncredited) Tony, Fruit Peddler (uncredited)   See fewer
Kay Garrett
Sinclair Executive (uncredited) Sinclair Executive (uncredited)   See fewer
John Hamilton
Doctor (uncredited) Doctor (uncredited)   See fewer
Stuart Holmes
Sinclair Executive (uncredited) Sinclair Executive (uncredited)   See fewer
Wilbur Mack
Sinclair Executive (uncredited) Sinclair Executive (uncredited)   See fewer
Charles Marsh
Sinclair Executive (uncredited) Sinclair Executive (uncredited)   See fewer
Harold Miller
Sinclair Executive (uncredited) Sinclair Executive (uncredited)   See fewer
Mike Morelli
Diner Patron (uncredited) Diner Patron (uncredited)   See fewer
Forbes Murray
Sinclair Executive (uncredited) Sinclair Executive (uncredited)   See fewer
Gigi Perreau
Bobbie (uncredited) Bobbie (uncredited)   See fewer
Frank Reicher
Dr. Rose (uncredited) Dr. Rose (uncredited)   See fewer
Clinton Rosemond
Train Porter (uncredited) Train Porter (uncredited)   See fewer
Frank J. Scannell
Druggist (uncredited) Druggist (uncredited)   See fewer
Scott Seaton
Man in Montage (uncredited) Man in Montage (uncredited)   See fewer
Minerva Urecal
Georgie's Wife (uncredited) Georgie's Wife (uncredited)   See fewer
Dorothy Vernon
Woman in clinic waiting room (uncredited) Woman in clinic waiting room (uncredited)   See fewer
Chalky Williams
Police Officer (uncredited) Police Officer (uncredited)   See fewer
Robert B. Williams
Pharmacist (uncredited) Pharmacist (uncredited)   See fewer
Douglas Wood
Paul Kitridge - Attorney (uncredited) Paul Kitridge - Attorney (uncredited)   See fewer
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