The Whistler (1944 film)
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The Whistler (1944 film) is a 1944 American mystery thriller based on the popular radio series, following a guilt-ridden businessman entangled in a deadly murder-for-hire plot.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Whistler (1944 film) canonical | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Whistler (radio series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnGenre | radio mystery series ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | James S. Brown Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | William Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Jerome Thoms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1940s American cinema ⓘ |
| filmColorType | black-and-white ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Mark of the Whistler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
mystery
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thriller ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
fatalism
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guilt ⓘ murder-for-hire ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Earl C. Conrad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | cinema ⓘ |
| musicBy | Wilbur Hatch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | omniscient narrator known as The Whistler ⓘ |
| narrator | Otto Forrest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | The Whistler film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A guilt-ridden businessman hires a killer to murder him and then tries to call off the contract when he has a change of heart. ⓘ |
| producer | Rudolph C. Flothow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| productionStudioSystem | Hollywood studio system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1944 ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1940s ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| runtime | 59 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Eric Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| starring |
Alan Dinehart
NERFINISHED
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Cy Kendall NERFINISHED ⓘ Gloria Stuart NERFINISHED ⓘ J. Carrol Naish NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Woodbury NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Dix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Whistler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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