Whistling in the Dark
1941 · Movie · 78 min. · United States
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 fiance and a friend to further this goal. Wally is "The Fox", 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.
Direction S. Sylvan Simon
Cast Red Skelton · Conrad Veidt · Ann Rutherford · Virginia Grey · Rags Ragland · Henry O'Neill · Eve Arden · Paul Stanton · Donald Douglas · Don Costello · William Tannen · Reed Hadley · Mariska Aldrich · Lloyd Corrigan · George M. Carleton
Soundtrack Bronislau Kaper
Screenplay Robert MacGunigle · Harry Clork · Albert Mannheimer · Laurence Gross · Edward Childs Carpenter
Cinematography Sidney Wagner
Original title Whistling in the Dark
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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