The Whispering Skull is a 1944 American Western film, directed by Elmer Clifton and written by Harry L. Fraser. The film stars: Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Denny Burke, I. Stanford Jolley and Henry Hall. The film was released on December 29, 1944, by Producers Releasing Corporation.[1][2][3]
The Whispering Skull | |
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Directed by | Elmer Clifton |
Screenplay by | Harry L. Fraser |
Produced by | Arthur Alexander |
Starring | Tex Ritter Dave O'Brien Guy Wilkerson Denny Burke I. Stanford Jolley Henry Hall |
Cinematography | Edward A. Kull |
Edited by | Hugh Winn |
Production company | Alexander-Stern Productions |
Distributed by | Producers Releasing Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 56 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Plot
editIn the old west, someone is killing people in the middle of the night. Multiple murders by a mysterious killer known as "the Whispering Skull". It's up to Tex Haines, played by good-guy Tex Ritter, to lead the Texas Rangers and capture the midnight marauder.
Cast
edit- Tex Ritter as Tex Haines
- Dave O'Brien as Dave Wyatt
- Guy Wilkerson as Panhandle Perkins
- Denny Burke as Ellen Jackson
- I. Stanford Jolley as Duke Walters
- Henry Hall as Judge Polk
- George Morrell as Sheriff Marvin Jackson
- Ed Cassidy as Doc Humphrey
- Bob Kortman as Joe Carter
- Wen Wright as Mike Coram
See also
editThe Texas Rangers series:
- The Rangers Take Over (1942)
- Bad Men of Thunder Gap (1943)
- West of Texas (1943)
- Border Buckaroos (1943)
- Fighting Valley (1943)
- Trail of Terror (1943)
- The Return of the Rangers (1943)
- Boss of Rawhide (1943)
- Outlaw Roundup (1944)
- Guns of the Law (1944)
- The Pinto Bandit (1944)
- Spook Town (1944)
- Brand of the Devil (1944)
- Gunsmoke Mesa (1944)
- Gangsters of the Frontier (1944)
- Dead or Alive (1944)
- The Whispering Skull (1944)
- Marked for Murder (1945)
- Enemy of the Law (1945)
- Three in the Saddle (1945)
- Frontier Fugitives (1945)
- Flaming Bullets (1945)
References
edit- ^ "The Whispering Skull (1944) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- ^ Sandra Brennan. "The Whispering Skull (1944) - Elmer Clifton". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- ^ "The Whispering Skull". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved December 9, 2019.