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Whispering Wires (1926)

Whispering Wires poster
Directed by
Albert Ray
Genre
silent film, mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective investigates a series of crimes linked to a mysterious whispering sound. The story follows suspects and clues in a tense atmosphere.

old-fashionedsuspensefulmysteriousquietstatictheatricalserious

What happens

Whispering Wires is a 1926 American mystery film directed by Albert Ray and written by William Conselman and Gordon Rigby. It is based on the 1918 novel Whispering Wires by Henry Leverage, which was also made into a stage play. The film stars Anita Stewart, Edmund Burns, Charles Clary, Otto Matieson, Mack Swain and Arthur Housman. The film was released on October 24, 1926, by Fox Film Corporation. Little is known about Henry Leverage, the author of the original novel, except that he served prison time in Sing Sing for car theft. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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