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The Whistler is a 1944 American mystery film noir directed by William Castle and starring Richard Dix, Gloria Stuart and J. Carrol Naish. Based on the radio drama The Whistler, it was the first of Columbia Pictures ' eight "Whistler" films starring Richard Dix produced in the 1940s. [1]
The Whistler: Directed by William Castle. With Richard Dix, Gloria Stuart, J. Carrol Naish, Alan Dinehart. A depressed man hires an assassin to kill him when he least expects it, but when his life takes an upward turn, he finds he now wishes to live.
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- Film-Noir, Mystery
- William Castle
- 1944-03-30
A grieving widower hires an assassin to kill him only to have his late wife turn up alive.
Earl Conrad (Richard Dix), a recent widower, is so grief-stricken by his wife's death that he desperately wants to join her. Despite his ardent death wish, he can't bring himself to commit suicide...
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- William Castle
- Mystery & Thriller
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.
The Whistler (1944) Despondent at the death of his wife, a businessman hires a contract killer to take his life, but then—in an ironic twist which was the hallmark of the haunting Whistler radio series—learns that his wife is alive, and is desperate to undo the deal.
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The Whistler. March 30, 1944. 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.
