Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

Fluentiama Perfect cast and a good story

Ensofter Overrated and overhyped

Tymon Sutton The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

utgard14 I really like The Whistler movies. Richard Dix plays a different role in each one. Sometimes he's a good guy, sometimes bad. The plot here has Dix as a man suffering from amnesia after being struck by a car. A woman (Janis Carter) playing around with tarot cards predicts death for Dix within 24 hours so she feels the need to warn him. She finds out he has lost his memory so she tries to help him figure out who he is so together they can prevent his death.There is one part that amused me a great deal. It really has no significance to the plot or how much you will like the movie but I will share it anyway. During the first meeting of Dix and Carter, he feels faint so she opens a car door and they sit down in the back seat to talk. After their conversation, some guy gets in and is surprised to see them. He's the owner of the car! So the girl explains they just needed a place to sit down, to which the car owner replies "Oh okay" like it's perfectly normal. Then he offers to drive them some place! I don't know if this scene just shows how much times have changed or what, but it made me laugh when I watched it. I just can't see that scene playing out the same way in a movie today.This is a fun B movie with some good performances and an interesting story. There are some bugs in the plot but nothing that detracts greatly from the entertainment level, at least for me. Fans of Dix and The Whistler series should like it a lot.

blanche-2 "The Power of the Whistler" is a good story with a lot of atmosphere. A young woman (Janis Carter) tells a man's fortune and sees that it isn't good, goes to warn him, and finds out he's an amnesiac. She and her roommate (Jeff Donnell) set out to help him find out his true identity.Richard Dix stars in "The Whistler" series, which came from the radio -The Whistler is never seen but serves as narrator. I know things were different in the '40s, but first of all, why is Dix always described in these films as handsome? Doesn't anyone notice that cheap hairpiece he's wearing? When you look at who was considered handsome in the 1940s - oh, you know, Cary Grant, Tyrone Power, that crowd, tell me Dix stacks up. Why would Jean (Carter) be attracted to him? And why would she trust him enough that she'd take him back to her place so he could sleep on the couch? While trying to discover his identity, Jean comes across a floral delivery receipt to a ballerina. They go and see the woman, and she says she doesn't know the man. Later we find out she did. She did, and she let this naive young woman walk out the door with him. Ridiculous. Meanwhile, every time this guy is around a little animal, it dies. This poor little girl asks him to hold her kitten for her, and when she gets it back, it's dead. Then the roommate's bird dies. And still, nothing is registering with Jean.I'm disappointed that I can't get into this series, but I just can't get past Dix.

MartinHafer This is one of the more frustrating movies I've seen in some time. That's because the basic story idea is brilliant and very engaging--so engaging that even with the plot's many, many faults, it still was worth watching. The bottom line is that the film had so many plot holes and irrational behaviors on the part of the characters that I was frustrated beyond belief. My wife also watched the film with me and we both found ourselves complaining out loud repeatedly at all the bone-headed actions of the cast--particularly, but not exclusively, Janis Carter (who played "Jean Lang"). The writer, Aubrey Wisberg, had great ideas but either rushed the film into production before all the kinks could be worked out or they didn't care--I'm not sure which.Richard Dix returns again to the series and I liked his being in the Whistler films because he was a very good actor and it was neat to see the same person play different roles in the lead in every Whistler film--what a great concept. It starts off very well as he's struck by a hit and run driver and loses his memory. As he wanders about, Jean sees him and takes pity on him--discovering that he has amnesia and she tries to help him recover his memories. Not knowing what sort of person he was is a great idea--especially as the hidden truth about Dix is really exciting like an episode of the Twlight Zone or Outer Limits.However, here is a partial list of stupid behaviors (those not by Jean are noted): --When she discovers Dix wandering about, she never thinks to take him to the police (who can take fingerprints and check out his story very quickly), but takes him home! What if he's a maniac or a sex offender or is an Amway salesman? --When Dix touches three animals and only a short time later they are dead, no red flag was raised to idiot Jean. A stranger appears and in the space of less than a day, three cute animals die around him and yet that doesn't result in her questioning his character! --When you discover that he IS lying about his past and has every appearance of being a maniac up to no good, you are fortunately stopped by the police who can easily save you! Yet, when they question him and he lies, you say nothing--you don't even ask for help, even though the cops have guns drawn on Dix and to your knowledge Dix is unarmed.--When Dix tries to kill you and chases you, you never scream for help! You just run and hide! --When Dix acts clingy and creepy later in the film (saying he loves you after only knowing you a day), you let this slide.--When Jean and Dix visit the actress early in the film, the actress says she doesn't know him and tells them to leave. Late in the film, she says she DID know him and that he was a dangerous maniac--yet said nothing!!! Had she just told Jean this in the beginning, the entire rest of the film would have been irrelevant!! Now this isn't to say ALL the characters were stupid. Jean's sister and her boyfriend were both good and intelligent characters. But Jean's actions go way beyond pathetically stupid making her seem ridiculous and forcing the audience to cheer for her to die! Plus, the actress and her story made absolutely no sense at all. It's really a shame, as apart from these problems, the plot was amazing and super-exciting. I really hope someone at a studio watches this film and decides to do a remake--the story idea and most of the plot are amazing.

Spondonman A typically spooky entry in the Whistler series [3/8] held together well by the inimitable Richard Dix in this outing as an amnesiac madman; the plot is well outlined in a previous post. Why Janis Carter falls for him and stays fallen until near the end is the biggest mystery in this film. I'd hoped that she would meet a grisly end in One Mysterious Night when she played an annoying reporter spying on Boston Blackie, and it's a pity that in this Dix couldn't have reached the pitchfork before her.A well crafted story, as were most of the Whistler films (as was the original radio series) which keeps you thinking and second guessing all the way through. My favourite moments are Dix in the park killing the squirrel - he did didn't he? And would you have let a man as creepy and wild eyed as him sleep on the couch, but of course only the viewer would know what the man was like in the dark.Well worth watching, but to those of you who worry about such things: don't worry about the whistling disembodied shadow - that's all it is - with a sneering voice and some choice comments.