The Return of the Whistler
Genres
Overview
When a woman goes missing on the eve of her wedding, her fiancee hires a detective to track her down
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
62 min
Release Date
1948-03-18
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
16
Vote Average
5.9
Michael Duane
Theodore Anthony 'Ted' Nichols
Lenore Aubert
Alice Dupres Barkley
Richard Lane
Gaylord Traynor
James Cardwell
Charlie Barkley
Ann Shoemaker
Mrs. Barkley
Sarah Padden
Mrs. Hulskamp
Abigail Adams
Traynor's Secretary
Ann Doran
Sybil
Otto Forrest
The Whistler (voice)
Eddy Waller
Sam the Caretaker
Olin Howland
Jeff Anderson
Wilton Graff
Dr. Grantland
Jack Rice
George
Kenner G. Kemp
Orderly
6.1
The Shadow
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6.0
The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery
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5.5
Subway in the Sky
Berlin provides the backdrop for this crime drama that centers on a military doctor falsely accused of dealing illegal drugs. Determined to prove his innocence, he escapes from the MPs and ends up holing up in the apartment his wife rented. He doesn't know that she has sublet the flat to a nightclub singer. When he finds out, he begs the singer to assist him. She is attracted to him and agrees. The doctor believes that his wife is behind the black-market dealings, but in the end, they find the real culprit.
1959-11-01 | en
4.8
Port of New York
Two narcotics agents go after a gang of murderous drug dealers who use ships docking at the New York harbor to smuggle in their contraband.
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5.2
Over-Exposed
This titillating bit of pulp sensationalism was the last in a string of "B" films that Cleo Moore starred in at Columbia. Moore plays Lila Crane, an ambitious clip-joint floozie turned photographer with flexible morals and a penchant for fast money.
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4.8
Bitch Slap
Three bad girls - a down-and-out stripper, a drug-running killer, and a corporate powerbroker - arrive at a remote desert hideaway to extort and steal $200 million in diamonds from a ruthless underworld kingpin.
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6.9
Carnival of Souls
Mary Henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist. But her fresh start is interrupted by visions of a fiendish man. As the visions begin to occur more frequently, Mary finds herself drawn to the deserted carnival on the outskirts of town. The strangely alluring carnival may hold the secret to her tragic past.
1962-11-02 | en
6.7
The Sniper
Eddie Miller struggles with his hatred of women, he's especially bothered by seeing women with their lovers. He starts a killing spree as a sniper by shooting women from far distances. In an attempt to get caught, he writes an anonymous letter to the police begging them to stop him.
1952-05-09 | en
5.5
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
A Japanese man claiming to be Mr. Moto, of the International Police, is abducted and murdered soon after disembarking from a ship at Port Said in Egypt. The real Mr. Moto is already in Port Said, investigating a conspiracy against the British and French governments.
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6.0
3 Kids and a Queen
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1935-10-21 | en
4.9
The Gangster
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6.1
One Girl's Confession
Cleo Moore stars as Mary Adams, whose first step on the road to ruin is a $25,000 robbery. Mary hides the money, then confesses to the crime, secure in the belief that she can dig up the loot upon her release from prison.
1953-04-06 | en
5.7
Women's Prison
A crusading psychiatrist battles a sadistic female warden to improve conditions at a women's prison.
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6.0
The Spellbinder
Jed Marlowe is a brilliant, scheming, unscrupulous criminal lawyer whose specialty is defending criminal he knows is guilty but gets them off through loop-holes or bribery. Then his daughter, misled by her father’s courtroom performance, but unaware of his back-room tactics, marries the killer her father has just unjustly save from the electric chair. What’s a poor father to do?
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3.0
Murder by an Aristocrat
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5.9
Cry Vengeance
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1954-11-24 | en
5.8
New York Confidential
Story follows the rise and subsequent fall of the notorious head of a New York crime family, who decides to testify against his pals in order to avoid being killed by his fellow cohorts.
1955-02-15 | en
5.1
Destination Murder
Laura Mansfield catches a glimpse of mob hit man Jackie Wales after he shoots her businessman father. At the police station, Laura identifies Jackie as the murderer, but the policeman in charge of the case, Lt. Brewster, lets him go, citing a lack of corroborating evidence. Outraged, Laura worms her way into the unsuspecting Jackie's heart, trying to snare him and mob-connected club owner Armitage in her trap.
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6.2
No Orchids for Miss Blandish
A sheltered heiress is abducted on her wedding night by a trio of cheap hoods.
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6.0
Within the Law
Shopgirl Mary Turner, sentenced to prison for someone else's theft, is released and takes revenge upon those who wronged her in powerful but lawful ways.
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