Mysterious intruder (1946), The secret of the Whistler (1945) - The Whistler movie collection - little known B-film film noir collection

Rating 6.4/10 + 6.3/10
Runtime: 126 min (62/64)
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: William Castle/George Sherman
IMDb Link:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038766/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038917/

Cast

Richard Dix ... Don Gale (Mysterious intruder)/Ralph Harrison (The secret of the Whistler)
Barton MacLane ... Detective Taggart (Mysterious intruder)
Nina Vale ... Joan Hill - Gale's Secretary (Mysterious intruder)
Regis Toomey ... James Summers (Mysterious intruder)
Helen Mowery ... Freda Hanson (Mysterious intruder)
Leslie Brooks ... Kay Morrell (The secret of the Whistler)
Michael Duane ... Jim Calhoun (The secret of the Whistler)
Mary Currier ... Edith Marie Harrison (The secret of the Whistler)
Mona Barrie ... Linda Vail (The secret of the Whistler)
Ray Walker ... Joseph Aloysius 'Joe' Conroy (The secret of the Whistler)

Description: Mysterious intruder (1946) - A private detective is hired by the owner of a music store to find a young girl he grew up with. Suspicious as to why someone would pay a lot of money to find someone he hasn't seen in years, the detective digs further and soon winds up in a scheme involving a set of valuable old phonograph records, a dead millionaire and murder.

The secret of the Whistler (1946) - An artist married to a wealthy but ill woman begins an affair with one of his models, who is after him solely for his money. His wife discovers the affair and threatens to cut him out of her will. In order to be able to keep both the wife's money and his girlfriend, he begins to secretly poison his wife - but events take a surprising turn after she eventually dies...


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Video : 1.56 GB, 3611 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 768x576 (4:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 164
Audio : 108/85 MB (main/commentary), 245/192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1/2 channel(s), 0x55 = AAC/AC3, CBR/CBR

Video : 1.45 GB, 3225 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 768x576 (4:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 164
Audio : 114 MB, 247 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = AAC, CBR


Subtitles (English (including hearing impaired) closed captions embedded in both movies, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English (including hearing impaired), Greek, Portuguese-Brazilian (for The secret of the Whistler only)) posters and screenshots included


Dual audio track information

Mysterious intuder contains two audio tracks, one is original English, and the other is commentary by film historian Jeremy Arnold. You can use VLC Player to easily choose between any of audio tracks (Audio => Audio track and switch to main audio track on Track 1, additional track on Track 2)

The power of the Whistler (1945), Voice of the Whistler (1945) - The Whistler movie collection - little known B-film film noir collection

Rating 6.3/10 + 6.3/10
Runtime: 126 min (66/60)
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Lew Landers/William Castle
IMDb Link:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037997/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038230/

Cast

Richard Dix ... William Everest (The power of the Whistler)/John Sinclair (Voice of the Whistler)
Janis Carter ... Jean Lang (The power of the Whistler)
Jeff Donnell ... Francie (The power of the Whistler)
Loren Tindall ... Charlie Kent (The power of the Whistler)
Tala Birell ... Constantina Ivaneska (The power of the Whistler)
John Abbott ... Kasper Andropolos, Bookshop owner (The power of the Whistler)
Lynn Merrick ... Joan Martin Sinclair (Voice of the Whistler)
Rhys Williams ... Ernie Sparrow (Voice of the Whistler)
James Cardwell ... Fred Graham (Voice of the Whistler)
Tom Kennedy ... Ferdinand, Hammerlock (Voice of the Whistler)

Description: The power of the Whistler (1945) - A woman uses a deck of cards to predict death within 24 hours for a stranger sitting at a bar, then tries to help him remember who he is based on items in his pockets.

Voice of the Whistler (1945) - Wealthy man, John Sinclair, with no health or friends is advised by his doctor to take a long vacation. Heading for the Great Lakes, he becomes ill in the cab operated by Ernie Sparrow and is taken to a clinic where he meets nurse Joan Martin, who is engaged to intern Fred Graham. Doctors now tell him he has only a few months to live and advise him to go to Maine (where, evidently, it will seem longer.) He asks Joan to marry him, promising to leave her his fortune. She, no dummy, accepts but hard-loser Fred doesn't like it even though she says she is doing it for him. After six months of living in a lighthouse with only Joan and Sparrow, whom he has hired as his aide, Sinclaie seemingly regains his health and has really fallen in love with Joan. She tells him she can no longer tolerate the loneliness just as Fred arrives for a visit, and John invites him to stay. Deadly game ensues...


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Video : 1.44 GB, 3105 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 768x576 (4:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 164
Audio : 117/91 MB (main/commentary), 245/192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1/2 channel(s), 0x55 = AAC/AC3, CBR/CBR

Video : 1.39 GB, 3320 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 768x576 (4:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 164
Audio : 104/82 MB (main/commentary), 242/192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1/2 channel(s), 0x55 = AAC/AC3, CBR/CBR


Subtitles (English (including hearing impaired) closed captions embedded in both movies, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English (including hearing impaired), Spanish, Greek (for Voice of the Whistler only)) posters and screenshots included


Dual audio track information

Both movies contain two audio tracks, one is original English, and the other is commentary by film historians: Jason A. Ney (The power of the Whistler) and Lee Gambin (Voice of the Whistler). You can use VLC Player to easily choose between any of audio tracks (Audio => Audio track and switch to main audio track on Track 1, additional track on Track 2)

The Whistler (1944), The mark of the Whistler (1944) - The Whistler movie collection - little known B-film film noir collection

Rating 6.3/10 + 6.5/10
Runtime: 122 min (60/62)
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: William Castle
IMDb Link:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037461/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037049/

Cast

Richard Dix ... Earl C. Conrad (The Whistler)/Lee Selfridge Nugent (The mark of the Whistler)
Gloria Stuart ... Alice Walker (The Whistler)
J. Carrol Naish ... The Killer (The Whistler)
Alan Dinehart ... Gorman (The Whistler)
Janis Carter ... Patricia Henley (The mark of the Whistler)
Porter Hall ... Joe Sorsby (The mark of the Whistler)
Paul Guilfoyle ... 'Limpy' Smith (The mark of the Whistler)
John Calvert ... Eddie Donnelly (The mark of the Whistler)
Matt Willis ... Perry Donnelly (The mark of the Whistler)

Description: The Whistler is an American radio mystery drama which ran from May 16, 1942, until September 22, 1955, on the west-coast regional CBS radio network. The show was also broadcast in Chicago and over Armed Forces Radio. On the west coast, it was sponsored by the Signal Oil Company: "That whistle is your signal for the Signal Oil program, The Whistler." There were also two short-lived attempts to form east-coast broadcast spurs: July 3 to September 25, 1946, sponsored by the Campbell Soup Company; and March 26, 1947, to September 29, 1948, sponsored by Household Finance.

Each episode of The Whistler began with the sound of footsteps and a person whistling. The haunting signature theme tune was composed by Wilbur Hatch and featured Dorothy Roberts whistling with an orchestra. A character known only as the Whistler was the host and narrator of the tales, which focused on crime and fate. He often commented directly upon the action in the manner of a Greek chorus, taunting the characters, guilty or innocent, from an omniscient perspective. The stories followed a formula in which a person's criminal acts were typically revealed either by an overlooked but important detail or by the criminal's own stupidity. An ironic ending, often grim, was a key feature of each episode. But on rare occasions, such as "Christmas Bonus" broadcast on Christmas Day 1944, the plot's twist of fate caused the story to end happily for the protagonist.

The program was adapted into a film noir series of eight films by Columbia Pictures, between 1944 and 1948. The "Voice of the Whistler" was provided by an uncredited Otto Forrest. In the first seven films, veteran actor Richard Dix played the main character in the story – a different character in each film, ranging from mild-mannered sympathetic heroes to flawed and forceful villians. In the eighth film, made after Dix's retirement, Michael Duane played the main character. The opening to each movie - "I...am the Whistler, and I know many things, for I walk by night. I know many strange tales, many secrets hidden in the hearts of men and women who have stepped into the shadows. Yes... I know the nameless terrors of which they dare not speak!"

The Whistler (1944) - A man, despondent over the death of his wife, wants to commit suicide but can't bring himself to do it. He hires a man to hire a professional killer to do the job. However, he soon finds out that his wife isn't really dead - but the man he paid to hire the hitman is, and he has no idea who the man hired or how to get him to call off the hit.

The mark of the Whistler (1944) - A drifter claims the money in an old bank account by impersonating someone else with the same name. Soon he finds himself the target of a man who turns out to be the son of the old partner of the impersonated man's father, who caused his partner to do time in prison.


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Video : 1.44 GB, 3418 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 766x576 (4:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 164
Audio : 106/83 MB (main/commentary), 246/192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1/2 channel(s), 0x55 = AAC/AC3, CBR/VBR

Video : 1.13 GB, 2634 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 768x576 (4:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 164
Audio : 108 MB, 245 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = AAC, CBR


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Dual audio track information

The Whistler contains two audio tracks, one is original English, and the other is commentary by film historian Josh Nelson. You can use VLC Player to easily choose between any of audio tracks (Audio => Audio track and switch to main audio track on Track 1, additional track on Track 2)

Homicidal (1961) - lesser known thriller directed by William Castle, starring Glenn Corbett, Patricia Breslin, Eugenie Leontovich and Joan Arless

Rating 6.8/10
Runtime: 87 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: William Castle
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054988/

Cast

Glenn Corbett ... Karl Anderson
Patricia Breslin ... Miriam Webster
Eugenie Leontovich ... Helga Swenson
Alan Bunce ... Doctor Jonas
Richard Rust ... Jim Nesbitt
James Westerfield ... Alfred S. Adrims
Gilbert Green ... Lt. Miller
Joan Arless ... Emily

Description: Miriam Webster is happy when her half brother Warren and their childhood nanny Helga, now partly paralyzed and unable to speak, return to the United States after a lengthy stay in Europe. Warren will soon turn 21 and will inherit their father's $10 million estate and although she will get nothing - their father's will specified that only a male heir could inherit - she's happy in her circumstances. One person she doesn't like however is Emily who came with Warren and Helga from Europe and now lives with them as a housekeeper/companion. Miriam has good reason not to like her as she seems to be a homicidal maniac. What Miriam doesn't realize is that there is method behind Emily's madness and a deep family secret that she is not privy to...

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Audio : 91/50/54 (main/commentary/isolated score), 144/80/86 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1/1/1 channel, 0x55 = AAC/AAC/AAC, CBR/VBR/VBR


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This movie contains three audio tracks, one is original English and others are commentary by author and film historian Lee Gambin and isolated score. You can use VLC Player to easily choose between any of audio tracks (Audio => Audio track and switch to main audio track on Track 1, additional tracks on Track 2 and 3)