The Whistler

Radio's Master of Mystery... Now on the Screen!

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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.

Released: Mar 30, 1944

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Richard Dix

Earl C. Conrad

Gloria Stuart

Alice Walker

J. Carrol Naish

The Killer

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