The Power of the Whistler
The Power of the Whistler is a 1945 film noir thriller film based on the radio drama The Whistler. Directed by Lew Landers, the production features Richard Dix. It is the third of Columbia Pictures' eight "Whistler" films produced in the 1940s, seven starring Dix.
Plot
Dix plays a man who after almost getting hit by a car and then hitting his head on a pole, becomes an amnesiac who learns about his name and past through the help of amateur fortune teller Jean Lang.The fortune teller sees the mysterious-looking man when she is in a restaurant with her sister and the sister's boyfriend. Without meeting him, she predicts that he will be near death in the coming day.
Charmed by his pleasant, cultured manner, she resolves to help him uncover the mystery of his life. She continues to do so, even as she encounters signs that they may find something scary.
Cast
- Richard Dix as William Everest
- Janis Carter as Jean Lang
- Jeff Donnell as Frances
- Loren Tindall as Charlie Kent
- Tala Birell as Constantina Ivaneska
- John Abbott as Kaspar Andropolous