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The Mark of The Whistler (1946) is a The Whistler series drifter narrative film noir tale of deceit and false identity, revenge and corruption, and the impossible allure of abandoned dormant bank accounts.
If ever the fringe world of American noir was bottled up in hour bags and bands this were it. The essence of the style, the resonant espirit de noir.
A deeper consciousness of film noir, a ritual of film noir, a primal series of events that say noir and noir only in their connection and passing.
Greed, deceit, double identity, broken men, guilt and deception, and a cash lump sum of thousands.
Say are you scared of something?
Banking on a fraud and engrossing within its capacity for amazing coincidences, as true noir maybe need be, this is a subtle masterpiece guised as a universally plain style of cheapo noir, but there are resonances galore for the student of the style.
