Mysterious Intruder

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Mysterious Intruder
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	William Castle
Produced by	Rudolph C. Flothow
Screenplay by	Eric Taylor
Story by	Eric Taylor
Narrated by	Otto Forrest
Starring	Richard Dix Barton MacLane Nina Vale
Music by	George Duning
Cinematography	Philip Tannura
Editing by	Dwight Caldwell
Studio	Larry Darmour Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	April 16, 1946 (1946-04-16) (United States)
Running time	61 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Mysterious Intruder is a 1946 American mystery film noir based on the radio drama The Whistler. Directed by William Castle, the production features Richard Dix, Barton MacLane and Nina Vale.^[1] It is the fifth of Columbia Pictures' eight "Whistler" films starring Richard Dix produced in the 1940s.

Plot

Mr. Stillwell (Burns), a proprietor of a music store, hires Don Gale (Richard Dix), a private detective, to locate a woman who vanished seven years ago at the time her mother died.

Cast

Richard Dix as Don Gale
Barton MacLane as Detective Taggart
Nina Vale as Joan Hill, Gale's Secretary
Regis Toomey as James Summers
Helen Mowery as Freda Hanson
Mike Mazurki as Harry Pontos
Pamela Blake as Elora Lund
Charles Lane as Detective Burns
Paul E. Burns as Edward Stillwell

Reception

Critical response

Film critic Dennis Schwartz liked the film and wrote a positive film review, "This was the fifth episode in Columbia Picture's "The Whistler" series, and is one of the better ones. William Castle (The Tingler/Strait-Jacket/Shanks) directs this low-budget black-and-white enjoyable minor film noir, that comes with a choice narration by the disguised Whistler (Otto Forrest) ... It has a good performance by Richard Dix as the unscrupulous private detective and a plausible surprise ending."^[2]

References

↑ Mysterious Intruder at the TCM Movie Database.
↑ Schwartz, Dennis. Ozus' World Movie Reviews, film review, September 25, 2012. Accessed: July 15, 2013.

External links

Mysterious Intruder at the Internet Movie Database
Mysterious Intruder at allmovie
Mysterious Intruder at the TCM Movie Database
Mysterious Intruder complete film at YouTube

v t e Films directed by William Castle

1940s	Black Marketing The Chance of a Lifetime Klondike Kate The Whistler She's a Soldier Too When Strangers Marry The Mark of the Whistler Crime Doctor's Warning Voice of the Whistler Just Before Dawn Mysterious Intruder The Return of Rusty Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven Crime Doctor's Gamble Crime Doctor's Man Hunt The Gentleman from Nowhere Johnny Stool Pigeon Undertow

1950s	It's a Small World The Fat Man Hollywood Story Cave of Outlaws Fort Ti Serpent of the Nile Conquest of Cochise Slaves of Babylon Charge of the Lancers The Battle of Rogue River Jesse James vs. the Daltons Drums of Tahiti The Iron Glove The Saracen Blade The Law vs. Billy the Kid Masterson of Kansas The Americano New Orleans Uncensored The Gun That Won the West Duel on the Mississippi The Houston Story Uranium Boom Macabre House on Haunted Hill The Tingler

1960s–1970s	13 Ghosts Homicidal Mr. Sardonicus Zotz! 13 Frightened Girls The Old Dark House Strait-Jacket The Night Walker I Saw What You Did Let's Kill Uncle The Busy Body The Spirit Is Willing Project X Shanks

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