| The Power of the Whistler | |
| Director: | Lew Landers |
| Producer: | Leonard S. Picker |
| Screenplay: | Aubrey Wisberg |
| Narrator: | Otto Forrest |
| Starring: | Richard Dix Janis Carter |
| Cinematography: | L. William O'Connell |
| Editing: | Reg Browne |
| Studio: | Larry Darmour Productions |
| Distributor: | Columbia Pictures |
| Runtime: | 66 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
The Power of the Whistler is a 1945 film noir thriller film based on the radio drama The Whistler. Directed by Lew Landers, the production features Richard Dix. It is the third of Columbia Pictures' eight "Whistler" films produced in the 1940s, seven starring Dix.
Dix plays an amnesiac who learns about his name and past through the help of amateur fortune teller Jean Lang (Janis Carter).
The fortune teller sees the mysterious-looking man when she is in a restaurant with her sister and the sister's boyfriend. Without meeting him, she predicts that he will be near death twice in the coming day. Outside the restaurant, she saves him from being struck by a car. It is then that he realizes he has no memory of his past.
Charmed by his pleasant, cultured manner, she resolves to help him uncover the mystery of his life. She continues to do so, even as she encounters signs that they may find something scary.
Critic Leonard Maltin said of the film, "Third Whistler entry is a little padded but still genuinely eerie."[1]