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The Power of the Whistler (1945)

"Suppose I do find out who I am and I don't like it? I mean, ever since the accident, I've been someone else. Suppose before it happened, I had done something I shouldn't."

"You mean, like a... a crime?"

"Well, anything. Will you believe me when I tell you that, since I've known you, that my whole life has changed? Do you trust me enough to give me a chance to prove it?"

#the power of the whistler #the whistler #1945 #film noir #lew landers #aubrey wisberg #richard dix #janis carter #jeff donnell #loren tindall #tala birell #john abbott #forrest taylor #stanley price #nina mae mckinney #kenneth macdonald #cy kendall #otto forrest #edythe elliott #sherlee collier #tricky Dickie Dix is back at his shenanigans‚ once again goaded on by the unseen whistler; he's also brought Janis Carter from the previous #instalment (and she has a lot more to do here thankfully). not returning is director Bill Castle (don't worry‚ he'll be back) but his #substitute Lew Landers does solid work in this markedly less cozy tale of gothic tinged murders. poor Dix had a bad case of the amnesias #which is a concern; a bigger worry is that every cuddly critter that comes close to him ends up with its neck wrung... it all ends #suitably enough on a dark and stormy night‚ but my main takeaway was the astonishingly blasé approach to car ownership everyone apparently #had in the 40s. at one point Dix and a lady enter a random car parked on the street to gather their thoughts; the returning owner merely #shrugs and offers them a lift. later on a complete stranger throws Dix his car keys so that he doesn't get wet. different times ig

The Power of the Whistler (1945) Lew Landers

September 28th 2024

#the power of the whistler #1945 #lew landers #richard dix #janis carter #jeff donnell #loren tindall #tala birell #otto forrest

The Mark of the Whistler (The Marked Man, 1944)

"I suppose you're wondering how you're gonna die. Maybe you think I'm gonna shoot you, and it'll be over all of a sudden. But it's not gonna be like that, Nugent. I've had a lot of time to think what I was going to do when I found you. My father might as well have died because of what your old man did to him. It would have been better if he had. But only his mind died in prison. And I've arranged to do as much for you. Oh, you'll die, all right. But your mind will go first."