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The Return of the Whistler (1948)

The Return of the Whistler poster
Directed by
D. Ross Lederman
Genre
film noir, mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man becomes suspicious of his fiancee's strange behavior after they get engaged. He learns that she might be hiding a dark secret from her past.

mysteriousnoirishtenseshadowysuspensefulsomberatmosphericgloomy

What happens

The Return of the Whistler is a 1948 American mystery film noir based on the radio drama The Whistler. Directed by D. Ross Lederman, the production features Michael Duane, Lenore Aubert, and Dick Lane. This is the eighth and final entry in Columbia Pictures' "Whistler" series, produced in the 1940s. This was the only film in this series that did not star Richard Dix. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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