The Whistler
Crime anthology series with twist endings; based on the popular radio drama and several B-movies.
- 1954-1955
- 1 season
- Suspense
Crime anthology series with twist endings; based on the popular radio drama and several B-movies.
Season 1 Episode Guide
39 Episodes 1954 - 1955
Episode 1
A Friendly Case of Blackmail
Tue, Jul 13, 1954
A scheming couple resorts to blackmail to get money for an invention.
Episode 2
Search for an Unknown
Thu, Oct 7, 1954
A private investigator is called in when a millionaire survives a murder attempt. The problem the investigator faces is not who had a reason to kill the millionaire, but who didn't.
Episode 3
Backfire
Thu, Oct 14, 1954
A chauffeur become bitter when the romance he has been having fails. He plans a way to get revenge, but a strange twist produces a result far beyond anyone's expectation.
Episode 4
Cup O'Gold
Thu, Oct 21, 1954
A member of the District Attorney team kills a political rival. He is in deep shock when a witness comes forward, but equally puzzled when she decides not to identify him.
Episode 5
Stolen Chance
Thu, Oct 28, 1954
A man witnesses a murder in his apartment building. However, when the police arrive, he fails to tell them about a bag filled with $75,000 that he has taken from the scene.
Episode 6
Letters from Aaron Burr
Thu, Nov 4, 1954
Ernie Madden, a convicted criminal is released from jail, as he goes about rebuilding his life he discovers an unknown and very attractive woman following him
Episode 7
Incident at Scully's Key
Thu, Nov 11, 1954
A woman finds a man stranded on the shore.
Episode 8
A Trip to Aunt Sarah's
Thu, Nov 18, 1954
Desperate businessman Paul Carter steals money from the home of a dead investor; the only person who can connect him to the theft is a little girl-who mentions him in a school essay. When his secretary Helen reads the essay, she uses it to blackmail him into a romance.
Episode 9
The Return
Thu, Nov 25, 1954
A woman (Miriam Hopkins) hires a detective to find her husband, whom she murdered long ago.
Episode 10
Fatal Fraud
Thu, Dec 2, 1954
In Hong Kong, femme fatale Katherine enlists entertainer Chris Moore in a scheme to hijack a plane because of his ability as a voice mimic, but he wonders if he can trust her.
Episode 11
Grave Secret
Thu, Dec 9, 1954
Harriet Eldridge faithfully cares for her employer's home while he is on an extended visit to Hawaii, all the better to cover the fact that she has murdered him for his money. Suddenly the employer's long-lost niece Valerie arrives with a secret of her own--and Harriet's brother Melvin falls for her.
Episode 12
Lady in Waiting
Thu, Dec 16, 1954
Jean Grant learns that the man she has been dating is a criminal when he is sent to prison so she hires lawyer John Bradley to sever all of her ties to him. Then a blackmailer shows up, threatening to reveal the relationship.
Episode 13
The Big Jump
Tue, Dec 28, 1954
In San Fransisco, a man legally dead, running from his past, is blackmailed by a crook who forces him to participate in crimes. He realizes that he's also on the lam, so he tries to convince his blackmailer to follow his path and fake a suicide to escape the law.
Episode 14
Kind Thought
Thu, Dec 30, 1954
A corrupt businessman tries to kill his partner who wants to expose him.
Episode 15
Cancelled Flight
Sun, Jun 26, 1955
Pilot Lloyd Adams has a lucrative career as a smuggler but when his partner Matt Bannion gets cold feet, his mind turns to plans of murder.
Episode 16
Roark Island
Tue, Jan 4, 1955
A man who inherits his father's estate must live with his uncle. Unhappy with the situation, he looks for a way out.
Episode 17
The Blank Wall
Mon, Jan 10, 1955 30 mins
Humble bank messenger Walter Mason is delighted that his daughter is going to marry the boss' son-until a blackmailer threatens to expose his criminal past to the snooty mother of the groom.
Episode 18
Lucky Night
Wed, Jan 19, 1955
A man takes $3500 off a man he finds dead in the street.
Episode 19
Sleep My Pretty One
Wed, Jan 26, 1955
Newly engaged Cora James learns from a fortune teller that she has no future after March 13 (a few days away), then her scientist fiancé is talking about a human test subject for his new serum and she begins to suspect she's the guinea pig-and that is doomed.
Episode 20
The Pattern
Thu, Feb 3, 1955
Mild-mannered bookseller Henry Pettigrew discovers a pattern in a recent wave of violent crimes-and schemes to use the pattern to cover a murder of his own: his fiancée's bullying brother.
Episode 21
Favor for a Friend
Thu, Feb 10, 1955
A doctor on his deathbed confesses to his son about how he dealt with a gangster.
Episode 22
The Jubilee Earring
Thu, Feb 17, 1955
Fran Gilbert arrives in town for a reunion with an old college friend but the woman isn't there to meet her and Fran begins to suspect her husband may have murdered her.
Episode 23
Borrowed Byline
Wed, Feb 23, 1955
A newspaperman is asked to write a story for a large sum of money, that will help an investigator get a valuable item. When the newspaper man gets fired, he must figure out a way to deal with his replacement.
Episode 24
Stranger in the House
Wed, Mar 2, 1955
A woman's brother returns after 7 years to claim his inheritance. The brother was reported kill in a boating accident.
Episode 25
The Glass Dime
Wed, Mar 9, 1955
Con man Harry is hired to steal a valuable coin from his rich uncle's collection; things go wrong and he heads to his ex-wife Edith to con her into making the deal for him.
Episode 26
The Lovely Look
Wed, Mar 16, 1955
Charles Belden's miserable life consists of little more than managing his nasty, overbearing wife's sizable wealth in their remote cliff side home. When a girl comes to work there as a housekeeper, he decides he'll kill his wife and run away with her.
Episode 27
The Other Hand
Wed, Mar 23, 1955
Stressed businessman Clint Markham checks into a sanitarium for a rest. Sneaking out at night for a rendezvous with his lover he encounters a vengeful ex, leading to his murdering her and trying to recover all evidence that he had left the sanitarium.
Episode 28
A Case for Mr. Carrington
Wed, Mar 30, 1955
In Jamaica, Gordon Hamilton plots to murder his wealthy employer and frame the man's son for the crime, hoping to fool shrewd police Inspector Carrington.
Episode 29
The Man Who Ran
Wed, Apr 6, 1955
Bored with routine, restless office worker Arthur Winslowe impulsively bets on a horse race; he wins big and runs out on his wife to start a new life in Miami. Everything goes well, until his wife arrives to spoil everything....
Episode 30
Windfall
Wed, Apr 13, 1955 30 mins
A man lifts a checkbook from a corpse and devises a shrewd plan to seize a large bank account.
Episode 31
Death Sentence
Wed, Apr 20, 1955
Martin Heath's doctor tells him he only has three months to live. A tough older man seems to be following him, and later in the day he reveals he knows his situation, and proposes Heath confess to a murder, and he'll pay Heath's soon-to-be widow $10,000.
Episode 32
Dark Hour
Wed, Apr 27, 1955 30 mins
Lawyer Steve Lacey quarrels with his fiancée's uncle, the District Attorney, then awakens the next morning to the news of the uncle's murder--and no memory of what happened that night.
Episode 33
The First Year
Sun, May 8, 1955 30 mins
Socialites Lydia and Elliot Larkin must pretend that their broken marriage is a happy one to qualify for a huge inheritance but when Lydia recalls that if one of them dies the survivor will still inherit, she starts plotting murder.
Episode 34
Meeting on Tenth Street
Tue, May 24, 1955
Mild-mannered Gerald Marsh is devastated when his fiancée breaks up with him for another man. After rejecting the idea of suicide, he is soon negotiating the underworld looking for a hit man who can eliminate his rival.
Episode 35
Silent Partner
Sat, Jun 4, 1955
Rancher Matt Robertson plots to murder his business partner Wilk Haines and frame a hot-headed young ranch hand for the crime.
Episode 36
An Actor's Life
Tue, Jun 7, 1955
Actor Leo Sanders romances old flame Julie Lane to get an introduction to her influential agent; when his big break goes sour he plots the murder of his rival.
Episode 37
Trademark
Thu, Jun 9, 1955
An embezzling businesswoman decides to murder the partner who threatens to expose her.
Episode 38
Triggerman
Fri, Jun 17, 1955
Bright young lawyer David Martin has no qualms being counsel to mobster Branch Morgan. Then he becomes sole witness to a murder committed by the gangster and realizes how insecure his position really is.
Episode 39
Marriage Contract
Fri, Jun 24, 1955
Lawyer Eddie Davis works his way into the trust of millionaire Peter Jackson and is made chief beneficiary in the old man's will. Then Jackson announces he is marrying a much younger woman and Eddie sees his fortune threatened.