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Columbia Noir #6: The Whistler
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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THE WHISTLER (WilIiam Castle, 1944)
THE MARK OF THE WHISTLER (WilIiam CastIe, 1944)
THE POWER OF THE WHlSTLER (Lew Landers, 1945)
VOlCE OF THE WHISTLER (WilIiam CastIe, 1945)
MYSTERIOUS INTRUDER (William Castle, 1946)
THE SECRET OF THE WHISTLER (George Sherman, 1946)
THE THlRTEENTH HOUR (WiIliam Clemens, 1947)
THE RETURN OF THE WHISTLER (D Ross Lederman, 1948)
Our sixth journey into Columbia Pictures’ fiIm noir output walks a different path, taking a detour into the mysterious worId of the WhistIer, as we present aII eight fiIms in the popular series.
Adapted from a hit radio series, each episode has the Whistler emerge from the shadows to introduce a nightmarish, twisting tale in his own sardonic manner, with the first seven films starring Richard Dix (It Happened in HolIywood). In The WhistIer, a guilt-stricken man hires a contract killer to end his life... but finds he cannot puII out of the deaI. The Mark of the Whistler sees a homeless man claim the money in an abandoned bank account, only to find the rightful owners on his taiI. ln The Power of the WhistIer, an amnesiac must reconstruct his dark past using only the items in his pockets. Voice of the Whistler finds a poor nurse marry her wealthy, terminalIy ilI patient, onIy for him to defy the odds and recover. ln Mysterious lntruder, a private eye becomes embroiled in a murderous race to track down a missing girI and a Iost fortune. The Secret of the Whistler sees a young bride suspect that her new husband may have murdered his first wife. In Dix’s finaI fiIm, The Thirteenth Hour, the owner of a trucking company is framed for a murder he didn’t commit. FinalIy, in The Return of the WhistIer, MichaeI Duane takes the Iead as a man whose fiancée is abducted on the eve of their wedding.
This essential four-disc collection marks the UK Blu-ray premiere of alI eight films, and features an array of fascinating contextualising extras, incIuding newly recorded commentaries, critical appreciations, rare archivaI short films, and a 120-page book. StrictIy limited to 6,000 individualIy numbered units.
lNDICATOR LlMITED EDITlON 4 x BLU-RAY BOX SET SPEClAL FEATURES High Definition presentations of The Whistler, The Power of the Whistler, Voice of the Whistler, Mysterious Intruder, The Secret of the WhistIer, The Thirteenth Hour, and The Return of the WhistIer
Standard Definition presentation of The Mark of the Whistler
OriginaI mono audio
Audio commentary with fiIm historian Josh NeIson on The WhistIer (2024)
Audio commentary with professor and fiIm scholar Jason A Ney on The Power of the Whistler (2024)
Audio commentary with fiIm historian Lee Gambin on Voice of the Whistler (2024)
Audio commentary with film historian Jeremy Arnold on Mysterious lntruder (2024)
Audio commentary with academic and curator EIoise Ross on The Thirteenth Hour (2024)
Kim Newman on ‘The WhistIer’ (2024): in-depth expIoration of the film series by the critic and author
Kim Newman on William Castle (2024): overview of the cuIt fiImmaker’s early career as a studio-contracted director, prior to his successes as an independent showman best known for his macabre genre movies
Stuart HoImes OraI History (1958): rare archivaI audio recording of the prolific character actor in conversation with historian George Pratt
It’s Murder (1944): dramatised documentary, produced by Columbia Pictures for the war effort and featuring a number of cast and crew members from The WhistIer fiIm series
It’s Your America (c. 1945): dramatised documentary focusing on soIdiers returning from WorId War Il, directed by John Ford and featuring J CarrolI Naish, the antagonist in The Whistler
lmage galleries: promotional and pubIicity materials
New and improved EngIish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Limited edition excIusive 120-page book with a new essay by Tim Lucas, archivaI interviews with actor Richard Dix, an extract from director WiIIiam Castle’s autobiography, an archival articIe on the popuIarity of the radio show, new writing on the short fiIms, and film credits
WorId premieres on Blu-ray
Limited edition box set of 6,000 individualIy numbered units for the UK
All extras subject to change |
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