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The Secret of the Whistler is a american film of genre Drama directed by George Sherman released in USA on 7 november 1946 with Richard Dix
The Secret of the Whistler (1946)
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Add to a movie listThe Secret of the Whistler is a 1946 American mystery film noir based on the radio drama The Whistler. Directed by George Sherman, the production features Richard Dix, Leslie Brooks an Michael Duane. It is the sixth of Columbia Pictures' eight "Whistler" films produced in the 1940s, all but the last starring Dix.
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Ralph Harrison (Richard Dix) is married to Edith (Mary Currier), a rich woman who has been suffering heart attacks. Upset by her condition he finds consoling companionship with an artist’s model, the unscrupulous gold-digger, Kay (Leslie Brooks).Actors
Richard Dix
(Ralph Harrison)
Leslie Brooks
(Kay Morrell)
Mona Barrie
(Linda Vail)
Ray Walker
(Joseph Aloysius 'Joe' Conroy)
Claire Du Brey
(Laura - Harrison's Servant)
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