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The Secret of the Whistler
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	George Sherman
Screenplay by	Richard H. Landau Raymond L. Schrock
Based on	The Whistler 1942-55 radio series by J. Donald Wilson
Produced by	Rudolph C. Flothow
Starring	Richard Dix Leslie Brooks Michael Duane
Narrated by	Otto Forrest
Cinematography	Allen G. Siegler
Edited by	Dwight Caldwell
Music by	Herschel Burke Gilbert
Production company	Larry Darmour Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	November 7, 1946 (1946-11-07) (United States)
Running time	65 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Secret of the Whistler is a 1946 American mystery film noir based on the radio drama The Whistler. Directed by George Sherman, the production features Richard Dix, Leslie Brooks and Michael Duane.^[1] It is the sixth of Columbia Pictures' eight "Whistler" films produced in the 1940s, all but the last starring Dix.

Plot

Ralph Harrison (Richard Dix) is married to Edith (Mary Currier), a rich woman who has been suffering heart attacks. Upset by her condition, he finds consoling companionship with an artist's model, the unscrupulous gold-digger Kay (Leslie Brooks).

He falls in love with Kay. Edith's health then improves. Edith overhears Ralph professing his love for Kay. Edith threatens Ralph, saying she's going to take him out of her will. He decides to poison her, with her own medicine, before she can meet with her lawyers.

After Edith dies, Ralph marries Kay, who becomes suspicious of how Edith died and worried for her own fate. Finding incriminating diary pages and the medicine, she has the medicine analyzed, discovering that it was poisoned.

Ralph overhears Kay's phone conversation with the lab. Pretending to embrace her, he strangles her to death, just as the police arrive and arrest him for murder - but not for the murder of Edith, because she had not taken the poisoned medicine but died of a heart attack.

Cast

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

Reception

TV Guide rated it 3/5 stars and called it "engrossing as usual and well acted".^[2]

References

^ The Secret of the Whistle at the TCM Movie Database.
^ "Secret Of The Whistler". TV Guide. Retrieved February 20, 2015.

External links

The Secret of the Whistler at IMDb
‹The template AllMovie title is being considered for deletion.› The Secret of the Whistler at AllMovie
The Secret of the Whistler at the TCM Movie Database
The Secret of the Whistler at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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The Purple Vigilantes (1938)
Outlaws of Sonora (1938)
Riders of the Black Hills (1938)
Heroes of the Hills (1938)
Pals of the Saddle (1938)
Overland Stage Raiders (1938)
Rhythm of the Saddle (1938)
Santa Fe Stampede (1938)
Red River Range (1938)
Mexicali Rose (1939)
The Night Riders (1939)
Three Texas Steers (1939)
Wyoming Outlaw (1939)
Colorado Sunset (1939)
New Frontier (1939)
The Kansas Terrors (1939)
Rovin' Tumbleweeds (1939)
Cowboys from Texas (1939)
South of the Border (1939)
Ghost Valley Raiders (1940)
Covered Wagon Days (1940)
Rocky Mountain Rangers (1940)
One Man's Law (1940)
The Tulsa Kid (1940)
Under Texas Skies (1940)
Frontier Vengeance (1940)
The Trail Blazers (1940)
Texas Terrors (1940)
Lone Star Raiders (1940)
Wyoming Wildcat (1941)
The Phantom Cowboy (1941)
Two Gun Sheriff (1941)
Desert Bandit (1941)
Kansas Cyclone (1941)
Citadel of Crime (1941)
The Apache Kid (1941)
Death Valley Outlaws (1941)
A Missouri Outlaw (1941)
Arizona Terrors (1942)
Stagecoach Express (1942)
Jesse James, Jr. (1942)
The Cyclone Kid (1942)
The Sombrero Kid (1942)
X Marks the Spot (1942)
London Blackout Murders (1943)
The Mantrap (1943)
False Faces (1943)
The West Side Kid (1943)
A Scream in the Dark (1943)
Mystery Broadcast (1943)
The Lady and the Monster (1944)
Storm Over Lisbon (1944)
The Crime Doctor's Courage (1945)
Renegades (1946)
The Gentleman Misbehaves (1946)
Talk About a Lady (1946)
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946)
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Personality Kid (1946)
Last of the Redskins (1947)
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River Lady (1948)
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' (1948)
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Sword in the Desert (1949)
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Comanche Territory (1950)
The Sleeping City (1950)
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The Raging Tide (1951)
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