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directed by Lew Landers
USA 1945
The Whistler 8-film series has been released on Blu-ray - reviewed / compared HERE
Far from the best of
the series. The first twenty minutes or so are
intriguing, after which the film trails off into a
conventional suspenser. Dix plays a mysterious man
who's suffered memory loss following an accident.
Lovely Janis Carter steps in to assist after a
prophetic portent from an ordinary deck of cards.
Dix appears a decent sort eager to uncover his lost
identity, but as events unfold the situation becomes
darker, with an ending that would warm feminist
hearts of decades later. Excerpt of review from Doug Doepke for imdb.com located HERE |
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Theatrical Release: 19 April 1945 (USA)
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Runtime | 1:06:16 | |
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Audio | Dolby Digital Mono (English) |
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Subtitles | None | None |
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The Whistler 8-film series has been released on Blu-ray - reviewed / compared HERE NOTE: The Whistler is conspicuously absent from Sony's William Castle Collection reviewed HERE. The
Whistler series of eight movies was probably the
most requested film series from Columbia library to get
a DVD release and it was missing from authorized digital
media until now. There were many questionable releases
from various companies, like from Onesmedia compared
here, a company specializing on radio compilation CDs
and DVDs that also releases some film series based in
radio plays. Their early release of The Whistler
series also includes a DVD of over 235 hours of The
Whistler radio mystery plays, but it's no longer
available on Amazon. While it was nice to see all eight
films collected in one made-on-demand package, the
quality of transfers is poor and new made-on-demand
discs from Sony Pictures blows the transfers in all
regards. The framing is different, but the excellent
contrast, grain structure and lack of any damage on the
print, including annoying watermarks with a company logo
seen on Onesmedia releases, makes releases from Sony
easy to recommend. The progressive single-layered disc
also provides better audio with no clicks or pops heard
on earlier transfers. So far Sony skipped the second
entry in the series, The Mark of the Whistler, which was
based on Cornell Woolrich's story, Dormant Account,
likely due to clearance. The Whistler and The
Power of the Whistler were released in May 2015 and
Voice of the Whistler and Mysterious Intruder
are announced for June 2015 and watch this space for
reviews, but it's safe to assume they will match the
excellent presentation of the first 2 releases. Highly
recommended to all film noir fans. |
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