The Whistler — 1953
50 episodes broadcast in 1953.
January 11, 1953
Smooth Operator
January 18, 1953
Alias John Kordo
February 1, 1953
Friction
February 8, 1953
The Choice
February 15, 1953
Eager Person
February 22, 1953
End of the Trail
March 1, 1953
Bushmaster
Having killed his own client, an attorney finds himself defending the dead man's daughter against the murder charge.
March 22, 1953
Evening Stroll
March 29, 1953
Return to Riondo
April 5, 1953
Black Satchell
April 12, 1953
Impulse
April 26, 1953
Money Talks
A stage conjurer who moonlights forging money attempts a double killing and nearly deceives everyone.
May 10, 1953
Lady with a Key
May 17, 1953
Berwick Incident
May 24, 1953
When Old Friends Meet
May 31, 1953
Hall of Mirrors
June 14, 1953
Look in the Window
June 21, 1953
Next Stop Maple Street
June 28, 1953
Breakout
A struggling theatrical agent is the only witness who can identify a coin dealer's killer -- and the murderer means to silence him.
July 12, 1953
Act of Kindness
Hounded for a $2,000 gambling debt, a desperate woman finds the money from pawning her silver service nowhere near enough.
July 26, 1953
Ten Cent Call
August 2, 1953
Death of a Clown
August 9, 1953
Kickback
August 23, 1953
Red, Hot and Cold
September 13, 1953
Seventh Year
September 20, 1953
Two and One Makes Murder
September 27, 1953
Roadblock
A double-double-cross over $100,000 in insurance money erupts when a widow learns her supposedly dead husband is alive.
A killing in an out-of-the-way bungalow, a briefcase carried off by a beautiful woman, and a cab driver greedy enough to insert himself into the aftermath.
An actress at the end of her rope takes an odd escort job and winds up beside an escaped convict.
October 25, 1953
Murder Over Burma
November 1, 1953
Lady with Plans
A dull English professor is handed the chance to step into another man's life -- and a new future in Bermuda -- but nothing is quite as it seems.
A fading romantic film star schemes to frame a rising rival, and when that fails, writes a little murder into the script.
A counterfeiter back from exile is shot by his own girlfriend, who reaches the deserted rendezvous to find she is not the only one after the plates.
A German woman posing as an Argentine sets out to marry a fabulously wealthy American, until an island artist complicates the scheme.
An artist taken in and employed by a grateful millionaire proves far less honorable than he appeared.
December 13, 1953
Rooftop Big Shot
Given two months to cover what she stole, a secretary running her boss's affairs while he is abroad flies to Vegas and snares a millionaire.
A haulage boss guns down his partner only to watch the man drive off in the rig, and a bystander who tries to cash in on what he saw is quietly removed.
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