This is the penultimate film of Richard Dix, being 99th out of the 100 he made.
The $4,916 for Edith's memorial would equate to over $66,000 in 2017.
Stuntman Ken Terrell plays the detective who shoots Ralph, but also served as Richard Dix's double for the stair fall, meaning in the film he killed himself.
This film series is based on the radio program "The Whistler" that aired on the CBS radio network from May 16, 1942 to September 22, 1955.
The sixth of eight "Whistler" films released by Columbia from 1944 to 1948.