The Return of the Whistler

Mar 18, 1948

1h 2m

★ 5.9

Overview

When a woman goes missing on the eve of her wedding, her fiancee hires a detective to track her down

Genres

Crime

Mystery

Production Companies

Larry Darmour Productions

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Theodore Anthony 'Ted' Nichols

Michael Duane

Alice Dupres Barkley

Lenore Aubert

Gaylord Traynor

Richard Lane

Charlie Barkley

James Cardwell

Mrs. Barkley

Ann Shoemaker

Mrs. Hulskamp

Sarah Padden

Traynor's Secretary

Abigail Adams

Sybil

Ann Doran

The Whistler (voice)

Otto Forrest

Sam the Caretaker

Eddy Waller

Jeff Anderson

Olin Howland

Dr. Grantland

Wilton Graff

Berlin provides the backdrop for this crime drama that centers on a military doctor falsely accused of dealing illegal drugs. Determined to prove his innocence, he escapes from the MPs and ends up holing up in the apartment his wife rented. He doesn't know that she has sublet the flat to a nightclub singer. When he finds out, he begs the singer to assist him. She is attracted to him and agrees. The doctor believes that his wife is behind the black-market dealings, but in the end, they find the real culprit.

6.0

The Spellbinder

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Jed Marlowe is a brilliant, scheming, unscrupulous criminal lawyer whose specialty is defending criminal he knows is guilty but gets them off through loop-holes or bribery. Then his daughter, misled by her father’s courtroom performance, but unaware of his back-room tactics, marries the killer her father has just unjustly save from the electric chair. What’s a poor father to do?

6.9

Carnival of Souls

Nov 2, 1962

Mary Henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist. But her fresh start is interrupted by visions of a fiendish man. As the visions begin to occur more frequently, Mary finds herself drawn to the deserted carnival on the outskirts of town. The strangely alluring carnival may hold the secret to her tragic past.

6.1

The Shadow

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6.1

The Whistler

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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.

6.0

Within the Law

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Shopgirl Mary Turner, sentenced to prison for someone else's theft, is released and takes revenge upon those who wronged her in powerful but lawful ways.

6.8

Woman on the Run

Nov 10, 1950

Frank Johnson, a sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris, on the theory that Frank is trying to escape from possible retaliation. Frank's wife, Eleanor, suspects he is actually running away from their unsuccessful marriage. Aided by a newspaperman, Danny Leggett, Eleanor sets out to locate her husband. The killer is also looking for him, and keeps close tabs on Eleanor.

6.4

Highway 301

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The "Tri-State" gang goes on a successful bank robbing streak causing local authorities to turn up the heat on the daring career criminals.

6.5

Stranger on the Third Floor

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6.0

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6.0

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5.8

The Power of the Whistler

Apr 19, 1945

A woman uses a deck of cards to predict death within 24 hours for a stranger sitting at a bar, then tries to help him remember who he is based on items in his pockets.

3.7

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Alex Ritt, a music video director comes to Italy to direct a video for pop sensation Stefania Stella. He soon encounters a mysterious killer who videotapes his victims for the police. As the horrible murders continue, Ritt is unknowingly pushed into the killer's games and he soon becomes a target of the police. The video-killer is on the loose and Ritt must find out the truth before it's too late.

6.0

Repeat Performance

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5.9

Trapped

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5.8

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5.0

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6.1

One Girl's Confession

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5.7

Women's Prison

Feb 1, 1955

A crusading psychiatrist battles a sadistic female warden to improve conditions at a women's prison.

5.0

Double Jeopardy

Jun 23, 1955

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