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Whistling in the Dark (1933 film)

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Production
  
Country
  
United States

6.6/10
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Genre
  
Comedy, Crime, Drama

Producer
  
Duration
  

Language
  
English

Whistling in the Dark (1933 film) movie poster

Director
  
Elliott NugentCharles Reisner(uncredited co-director)

Release date
  
January 21, 1933 (1933-01-21) (US)

Based on
  
play (1932) byLaurence GrossEdward Childs Carpenter

Writer
  
Elliott Nugent (screenplay), Laurence Gross (based upon the play by), Edward Childs Carpenter (based upon the play by)

Cast
  
(Wallace Porter), (Toby Van Buren), (Jake Dillon), (Charlie Shaw),
C. Henry Gordon
(Ricco Lombardo), (Joe Salvatore)

Similar movies
  
Whistling in Dixie (1942)

Whistling in the Dark (U.S. television title: Scared!) is a 1933 American Pre-Code comedy-mystery film starring Ernest Truex and Una Merkel. The plot concerns a mystery writer whose scheme for a perfect murder comes to the attention of a gangster (Edward Arnold), who plans to use it.

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The film is based on the Broadway play of the same name by Laurence Gross and Edward Childs Carpenter, which played for 265 performances in 1932-33. Edward Arnold played the same role in the Broadway stage production.

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In 1941, the film was remade starring Red Skelton and Ann Rutherford. Skelton then played the role of "Wallace Porter" in two sequels.

Cast

  • Ernest Truex as Wallace Porter
  • Una Merkel as Toby Van Buren
  • Edward Arnold as Jake Dillon
  • John Miljan as Charlie Shaw
  • C. Henry Gordon as Ricco Lombardo
  • Johnny Hines as Slim Scanlon
  • Joseph Cawthorn as Otto Barfuss
  • Nat Pendleton as Joe Salvatore
  • Tenen Holtz as Herman Lefkowitz
  • References

    Whistling in the Dark (1933 film) Wikipedia
    Whistling in the Dark (1933 film) IMDb Whistling in the Dark (1933 film) themoviedb.org


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