Whistling in the Dark

Whistling in the Dark

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Radio Program | Screwball Comedy

  • Duration: 1h 18min
  • Music: Alex Hyde-White,Bronislau Kaper,Franz Waxman,Douglas Shearer,Daniele Amfitheatrof
  • Similar To: Inherent Vice, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
  • Story:
    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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STORY

Story
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.

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

When the New Jersey police refuse to believe the Fox's broadcast appeal for help is real, the chief says he isn't going to get fooled again. This refers to the famed War of the World's radio play by Orson Welles' Mercury Theater on the Air that "reported on" a Martian invasion in New Jersey.

Included among the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the 500 movies nominated for the Top 100 Funniest American Movies.

This is the only film in the series of 3, when Wally's agent, Buzz (Eve Arden) is seen.

Debut of actress Inez Cooper.

Don Costello ('Noose' Green) and Virginia Grey ('Fran' Post) also appeared together in Another Thin Man (1939).

Popular Dialogues

"Buzz: Help yourself to some of your father's product. Fran: Not me. That's what killed mama."

"Green: He's smart, boss. I listen to him every night. Jones: Doesn't seem to have done you much good."