Whistle Stop

Whistle Stop

Infobox Film | name =Whistle Stop


caption =DVD cover
director = Léonide Moguy
producer = Seymour Nebenzal
writer = Maritta M. Wolff (novel)
Philip Yordan
starring =George Raft
Ava Gardner
cinematography = Russell Metty
music = Dimitri Tiomkin
editing =
distributor = United Artists
released = January 25, 1946 U.S. release
runtime = 85 min.
language = English
budget =
imdb_id = 0039101

"Whistle Stop" is a 1946 movie starring George Raft and Ava Gardner. The film was shot in black and white and in the film noir style. The movie was directed by Léonide Moguy and based on a novel by Maritta M. Wolff. The screenplay is by Philip Yordan and the musical score is by Dimitri Tiomkin.

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References

* Franz Marksteiner: You don't know Mary. WHISTLE STOP von Leonide Moguy (1946). In: Christian Cargnelli, Michael Omasta (eds.): Schatten. Exil. Europäische Emigranten im Film noir. PVS, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-901196-26-9


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