The Secret of the Whistler

The Secret of the Whistler
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	George Sherman
Produced by	Rudolph C. Flothow
Screenplay by	Richard H. Landau; Raymond L. Schrock;
Based on	The Whistler; 1942-55 radio series; by J. Donald Wilson
Starring	Richard Dix; Leslie Brooks; Michael Duane;
Narrated by	Otto Forrest
Music by	Herschel Burke Gilbert
Cinematography	Allen G. Siegler
Edited by	Dwight Caldwell
Production; company	Larry Darmour Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	November 7, 1946 (United States);
Running time	65 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Secret of the Whistler is a 1946 American mystery film noir based on the radio drama The Whistler. Directed by George Sherman, the production features Richard Dix, Leslie Brooks and Michael Duane.[1] It is the sixth of Columbia Pictures' eight "Whistler" films produced in the 1940s, all but the last starring Dix.

Plot

Ralph Harrison (Richard Dix) is married to Edith (Mary Currier), a rich woman who has been suffering heart attacks. Upset by her condition, he finds consoling companionship with an artist's model, the unscrupulous gold-digger Kay (Leslie Brooks).

He falls in love with Kay. Edith's health then improves. Edith overhears Ralph professing his love for Kay. Edith threatens Ralph, saying she's going to take him out of her will. He decides to poison her, with her own medicine, before she can meet with her lawyers.

After Edith dies, Ralph marries Kay, who becomes suspicious of how Edith died and worried for her own fate. Finding incriminating diary pages and the medicine, she has the medicine analyzed, discovering that it was poisoned.

Ralph overhears the phone conversation with the lab. Pretending to embrace her, he strangles Kay to death, just as the police arrive and arrest him for murder — a murder he didn't need to commit because Edith hadn't taken the poisoned medicine after all, but died of a heart attack, before she could take it.

Cast

Richard Dix as Ralph Harrison
Leslie Brooks as Kay Morrell
Michael Duane as Artist Jim Calhoun
Mary Currier as Edith Marie Harrison
Mona Barrie as Linda Vail
Ray Walker as Joseph Aloysius 'Joe' Conroy
Claire Du Brey as Laura - Harrison's Servant
Otto Forrest as The Whistler

Reception

TV Guide rated it 3/5 stars and called it "engrossing as usual and well acted".[2]

References

The Secret of the Whistle at the TCM Movie Database.
"Secret Of The Whistler". TV Guide. Retrieved February 20, 2015.

External links

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[1] The Secret of the Whistle at the TCM Movie Database.

[2] "Secret Of The Whistler". TV Guide. Retrieved February 20, 2015.