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The Mark of the Whistler

  • 1944
  • Approved
  • 1h 2min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
6,5/10
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Paul Guilfoyle, John Calvert, Janis Carter, Richard Dix, and Porter Hall in The Mark of the Whistler (1944)
Film noirAvventuraCrimineDramma

Un vagabondo rivendica i soldi in un vecchio conto bancario impersonando qualcun altro con lo stesso nome.Un vagabondo rivendica i soldi in un vecchio conto bancario impersonando qualcun altro con lo stesso nome.Un vagabondo rivendica i soldi in un vecchio conto bancario impersonando qualcun altro con lo stesso nome.

  • Regia
    • William Castle
  • Sceneggiatura
    • George Bricker
    • Cornell Woolrich
  • Star
    • Richard Dix
    • Janis Carter
    • Porter Hall
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    6,5/10
    529
    LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
    • Regia
      • William Castle
    • Sceneggiatura
      • George Bricker
      • Cornell Woolrich
    • Star
      • Richard Dix
      • Janis Carter
      • Porter Hall
    • 14Recensioni degli utenti
    • 14Recensioni della critica
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    Richard Dix
    Richard Dix
    • Lee Selfridge Nugent
    Janis Carter
    Janis Carter
    • Patricia Henley
    Porter Hall
    Porter Hall
    • Joe Sorsby
    Paul Guilfoyle
    Paul Guilfoyle
    • 'Limpy' Smith
    John Calvert
    John Calvert
    • Eddie Donnelly
    Matt Willis
    Matt Willis
    • Perry Donnelly
    Frank Baker
    Frank Baker
    • Club Patron
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Walter Baldwin
    Walter Baldwin
    • Fireman
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Willie Best
    Willie Best
    • Men's Room Attendant
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Edward Biby
    Edward Biby
    • Club Patron
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Edgar Dearing
    Edgar Dearing
    • Bank Guard
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    George Ford
    George Ford
    • Clerk
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Otto Forrest
    • The Whistler
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Howard Freeman
    Howard Freeman
    • M.K. Simmons
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Edna Holland
    Edna Holland
    • Childrens Aid Society Woman
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Eddie Kane
    Eddie Kane
    • Haberdasher at Edwards
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Donald Kerr
    • Newspaper Photographer
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Matt McHugh
    Matt McHugh
    • Tom, Reporter
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    • Regia
      • William Castle
    • Sceneggiatura
      • George Bricker
      • Cornell Woolrich
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    6blanche-2

    A man impersonates another to commit fraud.

    The tangled web we weave strikes again in Mark of the Whistler, starring as usual Richard Dix. This story is by Cornell Woolrich and directed by William Castle, so it has a good pedigree.

    The Whistler narrates the story but isn't seen and doesn't interfere. Nice work if you can get it.

    Here Dix is a drifter, Lee Nugent, who sees that a bank is seeking owners of old bank accounts that haven't been claimed. He manages to convince a store owner to give him a new suit for a cut of the money. After doing his research and feeling safe that the real man will not come forward, he is ready to approach the bank.

    It turns out to be a sizable sum, and he eventually collects. However, he becomes the target of a man whose father was cheated by Lee's father and forced to do time in prison.

    I'm never thrilled by Richard Dix, but there are some turns in this story that make it watchable.
    7goblinhairedguy

    William Castle meets Dostoyevsky

    This entry is the best in this above-average series from Columbia. All the stories had intriguing premises and clever twists, but this one even more so, since it was based on an original by Cornell Woolrich, that master of gloom, fate and paranoia. You definitely won't see the last curveball coming. There's a nice element of "Crime and Punishment"-like guilt infiltrating the protagonist's shady exploits, although it's not directly responsible for his downfall. The material is the essence of noir, but Castle filmed it straightforwardly for the most part. In his early days before churning out his gimmicky horror pics, he knew how to add telling little touches and include fascinatingly offbeat characters on the margins. All the same, one can't help thinking that this might have been a low-budget noir masterpiece along the lines of "Blind Spot" or "Fear in the Night" if the style had been more doom-laden and shadowy.
    8Cutter-2

    Not Your Standard Mystery Series Fare

    The series is unique in that although Richard Dix stars in the first seven movies in the series he does not play the same character. As a result, each film has to stand on its own merits. There is no opportunity to introduce the audience to a suave character in the first movie or two and then ride the series out with a group of sub-par films. The quality of the movies throughout the series very good. The only character common to each movie is "The Whistler" who "knows many things". In the first movie Dix plays the hero haunted by the death of his wife. In this offering, Dix plays the anti-hero who perpetrates a fraud to come into money that is not rightfully his. He is then pursued by the sons of a man sent to prison by the father of the person with a legitimate claim to the money. Many of The Whistler movies have a unique or surprising "twist" close to the end that significantly changes the expected outcome. This has possibly the best.
    6MovieStakes

    It pays at the end!

    The mark of the whistler 1944

    Film noir, by definition, deals with crime and that too in a stylised way. These films galore in Hollywood in the 40s to 60s period. One such film is this.

    The story is narrated by an incognito narrator (the whistler) and is about a stone broke man who gets into the hotseat due to his greed for easy money. The storyline is simple, characters are very few and the filming is seamless. The suspense is kept intact, though it isn't a 'whodunit'. The protagonist gets his share for his part on the day of reckoning and there is one major suprise in the end too. Roughly an hour long, this drama is worth watching and you wouldn't regret it.
    7planktonrules

    To be Lee Nugent or not to be....that is the question.

    Like all but the final installment of the Whistler films, this one stars Richard Dix...and just like in several others, he's a bit of a scum-bag. When the film begins, he is a drifter and happens upon an interesting con. He's just learned about a tragic fire back in 1912 and a surviving boy was left without a family following this. A few years later, this Lee Nugent disappeared from his foster home...and no one's seen him since. However, there is a dormant bank account and armed with some inside information, the drifter decides to impersonate Nugent and collect. But how much? And, is it possible without any documentation that he'll be able to pull off this scam?! And, might he be walking into a deadly situation by claiming to be Nugent? Well, like in "Date Night", the anti-hero in this film learns the hard way that taking another's identity is not all it's cracked up to be!

    All in all, this is an exciting installment...though what occurs to 'Nugent' isn't exactly a surprise...even the surprise twist at the end. However, the acting is nice and the direction likewise. Because of this, it makes for a diverting B movie. Not one of the best in the series but still quite good...and worth seeing.

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    • Data di uscita
      • 9 ottobre 1944 (Stati Uniti)
    • Paese di origine
      • Stati Uniti
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      • Inglese
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    • Colore
      • Black and White
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