This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

The acting in this movie is really good.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

After taking a stumble of sorts with the previous entry in the "Whistler" series ("Mysterious Intruder"), the series made a sort of comeback with this next entry. I will admit by today's standards that the movie, even though it only runs sixty five minutes in length, is a little slow at times - though it is never so slow that it really tries the patience of the viewer. It does manage to set things up early on in a way that gets viewers intrigued and make them curious as to what will happen in the end. And there are several surprise twists along the way that help the story stay fresh and interesting. I'm not sure, however, that finding a bottle of poisoned medicine alone would be enough to prove that the lead character committed murder - a good defense attorney would be able to correctly argue that anyone could have put the poison in the bottle. (Though to the movie's credit, eventually there is additional evidence that pops up.) Apart from that quibble, the movie ends up being one of the best entries in this B movie series.

George Sherman directs this episode of The Whistler movies, where crime takes no time out. A simple story line that sustains this Columbia B-flick. Richard Dix plays Ralph Harrison a moderately successful artist that is married to a wealthy but ill wife Edith Marie(Mary Currier). Restless, conniving and looking for affection, Harrison begins an affair with one of his models, who is only interested in his money...well, Edith's money. When his wife discovers his unfaithfulness, Ralph becomes desperate when he is threatened with being cut from her will. With pressure from the girlfriend, Mr. Harrison secretly begins to poison his wife. Of course nothing goes unknown by The Whistler(Otto Forrest).Other players: Leslie Brooks, Mona Barrie, Michael Dunne, Baynes Barron and Pat Lane.

While this is far from the best entry in the Whistler movie series, it is still a decent and very watchable B-movie. The Whistler series was popular on film and radio and was in many ways an anthology series like "Alfred Hitchcock Presents". Each episode was totally self-contained and had all new characters, and in an unusual twist, Richard Dix starred in almost every film as a different character--some of them nice, some awful and many which possessed both good and bad traits. He was not in the final film, RETURN OF THE WHISTLER due to his ill health.Here, Dix plays a guy you initially feel for, as his wife is very sickly and Dix is quite lonely as a result. When he meets a sexy young model, you could understand (though not excuse) his actions--after all, it isn't much fun having an ill wife who is expected to soon die and is too weak to see except for brief moments. However, when this rather innocent relationship with the new lady changes and becomes very serious, the film takes some very interesting twists. In fact, while I could describe the plot in detail, one other reviewer already did this very well--plus I'd rather not include the spoilers because enjoying the film depends greatly on all the surprises, though as usual for the series, the film ends with a very ironic twist.Very good writing, an engaging story and good acting all result in a better than average B-movie. While not as good an entry in the series as THE WHISTLER or MYSTERIOUS INTRUDER, it is very good and well worth a look--and is light years better than the low-point in the series, THE POWER OF THE WHISTLER (which, frankly, isn't worth watching since it so poorly written).

A neat entry from the series has RICHARD DIX playing a man who wants to get rid of his wife for a younger woman (LESLIE BROOKS). What he doesn't know is that his wife learns about his affair with the young blonde model and is recording her thoughts in a diary.When his wife dies, he does marry again--but has to play a cat-and-mouse game with his new wife when she begins to suspect him of murder.Dix plays his role quite effectively and Leslie Brooks is stunning as the blonde beauty. She never had a better chance than she does here, but unfortunately Columbia was never able to find anything but supporting roles for her in B-films of the period.Suspenseful, it takes awhile before the tense proceedings start to tighten up, but it's worth ending for the good finale. MICHAEL DUANE has a small supporting role as an artist but gets star billing.Well directed by George Sherman, these series are better than average programmers.