The Whistler Movie Series: #2: The Power of the Whistler 1945

The 4th film in the series is Voice of the Whistler from 1945
The movie follows the story of a wealthy man named John Sinclair (Richard Dix) who is in declining health and has no family or friends.  On advice of his doctor he takes off on long vacation,  where after falling ill again he meets a beautiful blonde nurse that is already engaged to another man.    The millionaire offers the nurse a deal she can't refuse.  Marry him and take care of him until he dies and she will inherit his fortune.   After 6 months together living in a lighthouse John's health makes a unexpected recovery and he has fallen in love with her.   She however can't stand the isolation the lighthouse and just as she wants to leave her ex shows up.  

At this point of the film John's character takes an unexpected turn. Threatened by her ex he details to him how he would kill him casually over a game of chess.  The ex then tries to beat him to it in the middle of the night only to be be tricked and killed by Sinclair. 

John tries to lie his way out of the murderer --but his story doesn't add up and Sinclair ends up killed by the police.   Richard Dix does an excellent job in this episode.

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The Whistler Movie Series: #1 The Whistler 1944 6 out of 10

The Whistler was a film noir movies series consisting of 8 films in total from 1944-1948 that were released by Columbia Pictures.  Each film begins with a mysterious character known as the Whistler seen as a shadow on the wall serves as a shadowy narrator of the tales that focus on crime stories.  It was originally a radio drama in the 1930's and 1940's.  Actor Richard Dix played the main character in the first 7 movies in which he played a different character in each film.  I was wondering why he wasn’t in the final film  so I looked up him up on IMDB and noticed that he had about 100 credits to his name.  He died at age 56 shortly after retiring.  The 8th film in the series starred Michael Duane as the main character taking over for Dix.  When watching some of these old movie series it feels like watching a TV Show, especially with the short running times of barely over an hour.

 1.  The first film in the series The Whistler from 1944 was directed by William Castle of gimmicky horror movie fame.  It features Richard Dix as an Industrialist whose wife was lost at sea that is so filled with guilt that ends up hiring a hit man to kill him.   He then finds out his wife is still alive --but is unable to call off the hit because the person he hired the killer from has passed away.   He diguises himself as a bum to try and hide from his killer. The movie is basically a cat and mouse tale with Dix character in a panic not knowing who is trying to kill him.  Richard Dix plays paranoid well. It was an enjoyable little mystery film- but not one of the best of this series.

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