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The Return of the Whistler is a american film of genre Crime directed by D. Ross Lederman released in USA on 18 march 1948 with Lenore Aubert

The Return of the Whistler (1948)

The Return of the Whistler
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Released in USA 18 march 1948
Length 1h
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Crime
Rating62% 3.143043.143043.143043.143043.14304

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.

Synopsis

Ted's (Michael Duane) car breaks down in a small town. He leaves his fiancee Alice (Lenore Aubert) at a hotel while he goes to the next town to get his car fixed. When he returns the next morning, she is missing. He requests to speak with the night clerk who tells him she checked out 30 minutes after he left the night before. He has a slight altercation with the night clerk at which point the police are summoned. The police do not suspect foul play and ask Ted to leave the hotel. When he leaves, a private detective, Gaylord Traynor (Richard Lane) follows him and offers his services to locate Ted's fiancee. On the drive back to the city and Ted's apartment, Ted tells Mr. Taynor the story of how they met and Mr. Traynor implies Ted has been conned. When they arrive at Ted's apartment all of Alice's belongings are still there. Ted gives Mr. Traynor a picture of Alice and finds her marriage certificate. Mr. Taynor knocks out Ted, steals the marriage certificate and leaves. It seems that Mr. Traynor was working for Mr. Barkley to find Alice and retrieve the marriage certificate.

Actors

Lenore Aubert

(Alice Dupres Barkley)Richard Lane

(Gaylord Traynor)Ann Shoemaker

(Mrs. Barkley)Sarah Padden

(Mrs. Hulskamp)Ann Doran

(Sybil)
And :
Eddy Waller
Olin Howland
Wilton Graff
Jack Rice
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