The Mark of the Whistler

Oct 9, 1944

1h 2m

★ 5.9

Radio's Mystery Master in a Thrilling Tale of Murder!

Overview

A drifter claims the money in an old bank account. Soon he finds himself the target of two men who turn out to be the sons of the man's old partner, who is now in prison because of a conflict with him over the money in that account.

Genres

Thriller

Crime

Mystery

Production Companies

Larry Darmour Productions

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Lee Selfridge Nugent

Richard Dix

Patricia Henley

Janis Carter

Joe Sorsby

Porter Hall

'Limpy' Smith

Paul Guilfoyle

Eddie Donnelly

John Calvert

Perry Donnelly

Matt Willis

Fireman (uncredited)

Walter Baldwin

Men's Room Attendant (uncredited)

Willie Best

Bank Guard (uncredited)

Edgar Dearing

The Whistler (uncredited)

Otto Forrest

M.K. Simmons (uncredited)

Howard Freeman

Childrens Aid Society Woman (uncredited)

Edna Holland

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