Another strong entry in the Whistler series with Dix as yet another dark character, this time an unscrupulous private eye who is hired by a music store owner to try to find Alora Lund (Nina Vale) a young girl who grew up next door. Poor old Richard Dix, after a career of dashing heroes, must have wondered what happened when he found himself appearing in one oddball part after another!! He was very good and gave the parts a lot of gusto!!
Don Gale (Dix) is all for fobbing Stillwell off until the elderly man states that if found Alora holds the key to untold wealth. Surprise! Surprise! - that night a girl purporting to be Alora Lund visits Stillwell but she is an imposter, sent by Gale to try to find out about the real girl's inheritance. The night ends with a murder and a kidnapping.
Meanwhile the real Alora is recuperating in hospital due to an accident and the police (Charles Lane and the gruffly likable Barton MacLane) contact her, hoping she can fit some of the pieces together. The prize that everyone is after is two recordings of Jenny Lind, worth over $100,000 each and it seems that everyone is on the make. Dale takes Alora to be "looked after" by a feisty old lady, he then goes to have it out with his partner Freda who informs him she is just about to double cross him with Stillwell's killer, then she is murdered. Hovering over the whole show is Freda's creepy building janitor Mr. Summers (Regis Toomey).
An involved plot and good performances make this an excellent entry.
Don Gale (Dix) is all for fobbing Stillwell off until the elderly man states that if found Alora holds the key to untold wealth. Surprise! Surprise! - that night a girl purporting to be Alora Lund visits Stillwell but she is an imposter, sent by Gale to try to find out about the real girl's inheritance. The night ends with a murder and a kidnapping.
Meanwhile the real Alora is recuperating in hospital due to an accident and the police (Charles Lane and the gruffly likable Barton MacLane) contact her, hoping she can fit some of the pieces together. The prize that everyone is after is two recordings of Jenny Lind, worth over $100,000 each and it seems that everyone is on the make. Dale takes Alora to be "looked after" by a feisty old lady, he then goes to have it out with his partner Freda who informs him she is just about to double cross him with Stillwell's killer, then she is murdered. Hovering over the whole show is Freda's creepy building janitor Mr. Summers (Regis Toomey).
An involved plot and good performances make this an excellent entry.