Whistling in the Dark
1933 | 79m | English
Popularity: 0.6 (history)
| Director: | Charles Reisner, Elliott Nugent |
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| Writer: | Elliott Nugent |
| Staring: |
| A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to enlist their help in devising the perfect murder. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 21, 1933 |
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| Director: | Charles Reisner, Elliott Nugent |
| Writer: | Elliott Nugent |
| Genres: | Comedy, Crime, Drama |
| Keywords | poison, attempted murder, gangster, pre-code, elopement, mystery writer, revenge killing, ingenuity, criminal plot, amused, lovers in danger |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2026 Entered: Apr 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| 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) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Douglas Shearer | Sound Director |
| Charles Reisner | Co-Director |
| Elliott Nugent | Director, Screenplay |
| Laurence Gross | Theatre Play |
| Edward Childs Carpenter | Theatre Play |
| Norbert Brodine | Director of Photography |
| Ben Lewis | Editor |
| Errol Taggart | Assistant Director |
| James Brock | Sound Mixer |
| William Axt | Music |
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