Movies Like The Mark of the Whistler
If you liked The Mark of the Whistler (1944), a thriller and crime movie directed by William Castle, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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The Glass Key (1942)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and mysteryA crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
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Sleep, My Love (1948)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and mysteryA woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.
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The Naked City (1948)
★ 7.2/10Also crime and mysteryAfter a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.
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Black Angel (1946)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and crimeA falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine, and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin, team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, who is Martin's wife.
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5 Against the House (1955)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and thrillerFormer war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.
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Each Dawn I Die (1939)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and thrillerA corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.
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The Web (1947)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and thrillerA brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his head.
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Nightfall (1956)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and thrillerAn innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.
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Point Blank (1967)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and thrillerAfter being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.
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Fallen Angel (1945)
★ 6.6/10Also crime and mysteryAn unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman…
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The Blue Gardenia (1953)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and mysteryUpon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while…
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They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and crimeAfter being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.
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The Locket (1946)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and thrillerA dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
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The Dark Mirror (1946)
★ 7/10Also thriller and mysteryA sister and her disturbed twin are implicated in a murder and a police detective must figure out which one's the killer.
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A Kiss Before Dying (1956)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and crimeA college student tries to get rich quick by wooing two wealthy sisters.
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Side Street (1950)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and crimeA struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals an envelope of money from the office of a corrupt attorney. Instead of a few hundred dollars, it contains $30,000. When he decides to return…
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Time Without Pity (1957)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and thrillerAlec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a…
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The Dark Past (1948)
★ 6/10Also crime and thrillerA gang hold a family hostage in their own home. The leader of the escaped cons is bothered by a recurring dream that the doctor of the house may be able to analyze.
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The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller and crimeRoy and Gilbert's fishing trip takes a terrifying turn when the hitchhiker they pick up turns out to be a sociopath on the run from the law. He's killed before, and he lets the two know that as soon as they're no…
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Maniac (1963)
★ 6.2/10Also crime and mysteryWhen a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.