The Whistler

March. 30,1944      NR
Rating:
6.3
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Richard Dix as  Earl C. Conrad
Gloria Stuart as  Alice Walker
J. Carrol Naish as  The Killer
Alan Dinehart as  Gorman
Trevor Bardette as  The Bum in the Next Bed (Uncredited)
William Benedict as  The Deafmute (Uncredited)
Charles Coleman as  Jennings, Butler (Uncredited)
Clancy Cooper as  Telephone Repairman (Uncredited)
Don Costello as  Lefty Vigran aka Gorss (Uncredited)
Ralph Dunn as  Cop at Car Accident (Uncredited)

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