Whistling in the Dark

1h 19m
ComedyCrimeDrama
5.6

A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to enlist their help in devising the perfect murder.

Cast

Ernest Truex
Wallace Porter
Una Merkel
Toby Van Buren
John Miljan
Charlie
Johnny Hines
Slim
Edward Arnold
Dillon
C. Henry Gordon
Lombardo
Joseph Cawthorn
Barfuss
Nat Pendleton
Joe
Tenen Holtz
Herman
Marcelle Corday
Hilda
Frederick Burton
Mr. Van Buren (uncredited)
Jack Kennedy
Detective (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel
Porter (uncredited)
Tom McGuire
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Greta Meyer
Mrs. Barfuss (uncredited)
Walter Percival
Sam (uncredited)
Jack Perry
Bennie (uncredited)
Constantine Romanoff
Cossack (uncredited)
Leonard Sillman
Young Lombardo (uncredited)
Guy Usher
Detective (uncredited)

Crew

Elliott Nugent
Director, Screenplay
Charles Reisner
Co-Director
Ben Lewis
Editor
Norbert Brodine
Director of Photography
Errol Taggart
Assistant Director
Douglas Shearer
Sound Director
James Brock
Sound Mixer
William Axt
Music
Edward Childs Carpenter
Theatre Play
Laurence Gross
Theatre Play
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction

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