The whistler william castle, 1944the mark of the whistler william castle, 1944the power of the whistler lew landers, 1945voice of the whistler william castle, 1945mysterious intruder william castle, 1946the secret of the whistler george sherman, 1946the thirteenth hour william clemens, 1947the return of the whistler d ross lederman, 1948 our sixth journey into columbia pictures’ film noir output walks a different path, taking a detour into the mysterious world of the whistler, as we present all eight films in the popular series'. '.strtoupper('a')dapted from a hit radio series, each episode has the whistler emerge from the shadows to introduce a nightmarish, twisting tale in his own sardonic manner, with the first seven films starring richard dix it happened in hollywood'. '.strtoupper('i')n the whistler, a guilt stricken man hires a contract killer to end his life… but finds he cannot pull out of the deal'. '.strtoupper('t')he mark of the whistler sees a homeless man claim the money in an abandoned bank account, only to find the rightful owners on his tail'. '.strtoupper('i')n the power of the whistler, an amnesiac must reconstruct his dark past using only the items in his pockets'. '.strtoupper('v')oice of the whistler finds a poor nurse marry her wealthy, terminally ill patient, only for him to defy the odds and recover'. '.strtoupper('i')n mysterious intruder, a private eye becomes embroiled in a murderous race to track down a missing girl and a lost fortune'. '.strtoupper('t')he secret of the whistler sees a young bride suspect that her new husband may have murdered his first wife'. '.strtoupper('i')n dix’s final film, the thirteenth hour, the owner of a trucking company is framed for a murder he didn’t commit'. '.strtoupper('f')inally, in the return of the whistler, michael duane takes the lead as a man whose fiancée is abducted on the eve of their wedding'. '.strtoupper('t')his essential four disc collection marks the uk blu ray premiere of all eight films, and features an array of fascinating contextualising extras, including newly recorded commentaries, critical appreciations, rare archival short films, and a 120 page book'. '.strtoupper('s')trictly limited to 6,000 individually numbered units'. '.strtoupper('i')ndicator limited edition 4 x blu ray box set special features high definition presentations of the whistler, the power of the whistler, voice of the whistler, mysterious intruder, the secret of the whistler, the thirteenth hour, and the return of the whistler standard definition presentation of the mark of the whistleroriginal mono audioaudio commentary with film historian josh nelson on the whistler 2024audio commentary with professor and film scholar jason a ney on the power of the whistler 2024audio commentary with film historian lee gambin on voice of the whistler 2024audio commentary with film historian jeremy arnold on mysterious intruder 2024audio commentary with academic and curator eloise ross on the thirteenth hour 2024kim newman on ‘the whistler’ 2024 in depth exploration of the film series by the critic and authorkim newman on william castle 2024 overview of the cult filmmaker’s early career as a studio contracted director, prior to his successes as an independent showman best known for his macabre genre moviesstuart holmes oral history 1958 rare archival audio recording of the prolific character actor in conversation with historian george prattit’s murder 1944 dramatised documentary, produced by columbia pictures for the war effort and featuring a number of cast and crew members from the whistler film seriesit’s your america c'. '.strtoupper('1')945 dramatised documentary focusing on soldiers returning from world war ii, directed by john ford and featuring j carroll naish, the antagonist in the whistlerimage galleries promotional and publicity materialsnew and improved english subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearinglimited edition exclusive 120 page book with a new essay by tim lucas, archival interviews with actor richard dix, an extract from director william castle’s autobiography, an archival article on the popularity of the radio show, new writing on the short films, and film creditsworld premieres on blu raylimited edition box set of 6,000 individually numbered units for the uk all extras subject to change