The Mark of the Whistler
NR
6.5
1944
1 hr 0 min
Thriller
, Crime
, Mystery
A drifter claims the money in an old bank account. Soon he finds himself the target of two men who turn out to be the sons of the man's old partner, who is now in prison because of a conflict with him over the money in that account.
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- Cast：
- Richard Dix , Janis Carter , Porter Hall , Paul Guilfoyle , John Calvert , Matt Willis , Walter Baldwin
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Brilliant and touching
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Boring, long, and too preachy.
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The movie runs out of plot and jokes well before the end of a two-hour running time, long for a light comedy.
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While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.
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