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Whistle Stop (1946)

Whistle Stop poster
Directed by
Léonide Moguy
Genre
film noir, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
4.4 of 10 from 28 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman returns to her small hometown and reconnects with an old flame who runs a local bar. Her arrival stirs up old tensions and draws in a dangerous gangster, leading to conflict and crime.

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What happens

Whistle Stop is a 1946 American film noir crime film directed by Léonide Moguy and starring George Raft, Ava Gardner, Victor McLaglen, and Tom Conway. It was produced by Seymour Nebenzal's Nero Films and distributed by United Artists. The screenplay was written by Philip Yordan, based on a 1941 novel of the title by Maritta M. Wolff. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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