Despondent at the death of his wife, a businessman hires a contract killer to take his life, but then—in an ironic twist which was the hallmark of the haunting Whistler radio series—learns that his wife is alive, and is desperate to undo the deal. A moody thriller with Richard Dix as the victim trapped in a fate of his own making.
35mm, b/w, 60 min. Production: Darmour, Inc. Distribution: Columbia Pictures Corp. Producer: Rudolph C. Flothow. Director: William Castle. Based on the radio series created by J. Donald Wilson. Screenwriter: Eric Taylor. Cinematographer: James S. Brown. Editor: Jerome Thoms. With: Richard Dix, J. Carrol Naish, Gloria Stuart, Alan Dinehart, Don Costello.
