Whistle Stop

Whistle Stop (1946)

SHE SPELLED TROUBLE FOR EVERY GUY THAT MADE A PLAY FOR HER!

When beautiful Mary returns to her "whistle stop" hometown, long-standing feelings of animosity between two of her old boyfriends leads to robbery and murder.

Date of release
1946-01-25
TMDB
4.4 / 10 (28)
Runtime
1h 25m
Genres
Crime, Drama
Director
Léonide Moguy

Casting

Interesting facts

Whistle Stop is a 1946 American film noir crime film directed by Léonide Moguy and starring George Raft, Ava Gardner, Victor McLaglen, and Tom Conway. It was produced by Seymour Nebenzal's Nero Films and distributed by United Artists. The screenplay was written by Philip Yordan, based on a 1941 novel of the title by Maritta M. Wolff.

Production

The film was based on the debut novel by 23 year old Maritta Wolff who wrote it in her senior year at the University of Michigan.

Philip Yordan bought the film rights in November 1944 and wrote a screenplay. He said the rights were only $7,500 and the deal was negotiated by Charles Feldman.

Yordan later said "I used a small portion of the actual book and developed the story from there" because he said the book was too explicit sexually. Among the changes made to the plot of the novel was the removal of an incestuous relationship between a brother and sister.

In February 1945 Yordan sold the project to producer Seymour Nebenzal. Yordan remained associate producer in exchange for 50% of the profits. He was paid $2,000 a week.

The film was financed by a bank in Palm Springs. Yordan says this was Security Pacific who put up 60% of the budget.

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