31 Jan 1954
World for Ransom
In Singapore, a private detective and the British authorities are on the trail of a crime syndicate that kidnaps a nuclear physicist with the aim of selling him to the highest bidder.
The Mark of the Whistler
Radio's Mystery Master in a Thrilling Tale of Murder!
A drifter claims the money in an old bank account. Soon he finds himself the target of two men who turn out to be the sons of the man's old partner, who is now in prison because of a conflict with him over the money in that account.
Top Billed Cast
Richard Dix Lee Selfridge Nugent
Janis Carter Patricia Henley
Porter Hall Joe Sorsby
Paul Guilfoyle 'Limpy' Smith
John Calvert Eddie Donnelly
Matt Willis Perry Donnelly
Walter Baldwin Fireman (uncredited)
Willie Best Men's Room Attendant (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing Bank Guard (uncredited)
Otto Forrest The Whistler (uncredited)
Howard Freeman M.K. Simmons (uncredited)
Edna Holland Childrens Aid Society Woman (uncredited)
Eddie Kane Haberdasher at Edwards (uncredited)
Donald Kerr Newspaper Photographer (uncredited)
Matt McHugh Tom, Reporter (uncredited)
Bill Raisch Truck Driver (uncredited)
Jack Rice Mailman (uncredited)
Arthur Space Sellers, Bell Captain (uncredited)
Minerva Urecal Woman Sweeping Front Stoop (uncredited)
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