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The Power of the Whistler is a american film of genre Crime directed by Lew Landers released in USA on 19 april 1945 with Richard Dix

The Power of the Whistler (1945)

The Power of the Whistler
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Released in USA 19 april 1945
Length 1h6
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Crime
Rating62% 3.143813.143813.143813.143813.14381

The Power of the Whistler is a 1945 mystery film noir based on the radio drama The Whistler. Directed by Lew Landers, the production features Richard Dix, Janis Carter and Jeff Donnell. It is the third of Columbia Pictures' eight "Whistler" films produced in the 1940s, seven starring Dix.

Synopsis

Dix plays an amnesiac who learns about his name and past through the help of amateur fortune teller Jean Lang (Janis Carter).

Actors

Richard Dix

(William Everest)Janis Carter

(Jean Lang)Jeff Donnell

(Frances 'Francie' Lane)Tala Birell

(Constantina Ivaneska)John Abbott

(Kaspar Andropolous)
And :
Nina Mae McKinney
Murray Alper
Walter Baldwin
Margia Dean
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