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Director
  
Film series
  
The Whistler Film Series

Duration
  

Language
  
English

6.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Thriller

Music director
  
Paul Sawtell

Country
  
United States

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Release date
  
April 19, 1945 (1945-04-19) (United States)

Based on
  
The Whistler1942-55 radio series by J. Donald Wilson

Writer
  
Aubrey Wisberg (original screenplay)

Cast
  
Richard Dix
(William Everest), (Jean Lang), (Frances 'Francie' Lane),
Loren Tindall
(Charlie Kent), (Constantina Ivaneska), (Kaspar Andropolous)

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The Power of the Whistler is a 1945 mystery film noir based on the radio drama The Whistler. Directed by Lew Landers, the production features Richard Dix, Janis Carter and Jeff Donnell. It is the third of Columbia Pictures' eight "Whistler" films produced in the 1940s, seven starring Dix.

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Plot

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Dix plays an amnesiac who learns about his name and past through the help of amateur fortune teller Jean Lang (Janis Carter).

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The fortune teller sees the mysterious-looking man when she is in a restaurant with her sister and the sister's boyfriend. Without meeting him, she predicts that he will be near death twice in the coming day. Outside the restaurant, she saves him from being struck by a car. It is then that he realizes he has no memory of his past.

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Charmed by his pleasant, cultured manner, she resolves to help him uncover the mystery of his life. She continues to do so, even as she encounters signs that they may find something scary.

Cast

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  • Richard Dix as William Everest
  • Janis Carter as Jean Lang
  • Jeff Donnell as Frances
  • Loren Tindall as Charlie Kent
  • Tala Birell as Constantina Ivaneska
  • John Abbott as Kaspar Andropolous
  • Otto Forrest as The Whistler
  • Nina Mae McKinney as Flotilda, Constantina's Maid
  • Reception

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    Critic Leonard Maltin said of the film, "Third Whistler entry is a little padded but still genuinely eerie."


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    References

    The Power of the Whistler Wikipedia
    The Power of the Whistler IMDb The Power of the Whistler themoviedb.org