Whistling in the Dark

Whistling in the Dark (1941)

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  • Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Crime, Romance
  • Release Date: 1941-08-08
  • User Rating: 5.8/10 from 14 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 18min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: S. Sylvan Simon
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From 14 Ratings

Summary

The operators of 'Silver Haven', a cultish group bilking gullible rich people out of money, is set to inherit a large sum after the deceased woman's heir also dies. Leader Joesph Jones decides to hurry the process along and kidnaps Wally Benton, his fiancé, and a friend, to further this goal. Wally, 'The Fox', is a radio sleuth who solves murders on the air. Jones wants him to devise a perfect murder, and isn't above killing others sloppily along the way to get his foolproof murder plot.

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  • Red Skelton

    as Wally Benton

  • Conrad Veidt

    as Joseph Jones

  • Ann Rutherford

    as Carol Lambert

  • Virginia Grey

    as 'Fran' Post

  • Rags Ragland

    as Sylvester

  • Henry O'Neill

    as Philip Post

  • Eve Arden

    as 'Buzz' Baker

  • Paul Stanton

    as Jennings

  • Donald Douglas

    as Deputy Commissioner O'Neill

  • Don Costello

    as 'Noose' Green

  • William Tannen

    as Robert Graves

  • Reed Hadley

    as Beau Smith

  • Mariska Aldrich

    as Hilda

  • Lloyd Corrigan

    as Harvey Upshaw

  • George M. Carleton

    as Deputy Commissioner O'Neill

  • Will Lee

    as Herman the Druggist

  • Ruth Robinson

    as Mrs. Robinson

  • Dorothy Adams

    as Mrs. Farrell (uncredited)

  • Barbara Bedford

    as Cult Members / Telephone Operator (uncredited)

  • Billy Bletcher

    as Radio Effects Man (uncredited)

  • Ken Christy

    as Inspector Rogers in Show (uncredited)

  • Joe Devlin

    as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

  • John Dilson

    as Hugo in Show (uncredited)

  • Al Hill

    as Flintwood Policeman (uncredited)

  • Robert Homans

    as Flintwood Policeman (uncredited)

  • Dorothy Morris

    as Telephone Operator (uncredited)

  • Ronald R. Rondell

    as Waiter (uncredited)

  • Brick Sullivan

    as Flintwood Policeman (uncredited)

  • Leon Tyler

    as Gerald (uncredited)

  • Emmett Vogan

    as Show Producer (uncredited)
Camera Sidney Wagner Director of Photography
Directing S. Sylvan Simon Director
Writing Robert MacGunigle Screenplay
Writing Harry Clork Screenplay
Writing Albert Mannheimer Screenplay
Writing Laurence Gross Theatre Play
Writing Edward Childs Carpenter Theatre Play
Sound Bronislau Kaper Original Music Composer
Production George Haight Producer
Sound Bronislau Kaper Music
Art Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Art Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Robert Kalloch Costume Design
Art Gabriel Scognamillo Art Direction
Sound Douglas Shearer Recording Supervision
Crew Gil Perkins Stunts
Sound Daniele Amfitheatrof Music
Sound Werner R. Heymann Music
Sound Paul Marquardt Orchestrator
Sound Edward Ward Music
Sound Franz Waxman Music

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