Whistle Stop (1946) on Netflix
Passed19461h 25mCrimeDramaFilm-Noir
Mary returns to her hometown after two years away and tries to pick up again with Kenny Veech. Kenny is jealous and bitter, and Mary turns to nightclub owner Lew Lentz.
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Plot summary
Mary returns to the small town she left two years earlier. She wants to begin again with Kenny Veech, a man she once loved. Kenny is bitter and jealous, and he hates that Mary has taken up with Lew Lentz, who owns a nightclub and is Kenny's enemy. Gitlo, a friend of Kenny's, works for Lentz, and the ill feeling between the two men is long-standing. Mary finds herself pulled between them.
Cast
- Jimmy Amesas Mr. Barker
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Whistle Stop (1946)
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- Screenwriter Philip Yordan admitted that he used only a small portion of Maritta Wolff's novel and developed the story himself because he found the book too sexually explicit, and he cut an incestuous relationship between a brother and sister from the plot.
- According to Ava Gardner, her co-star George Raft constantly tried to seduce her while they were making the film; she refused, but greatly enjoyed his company and said he made Whistle Stop worthwhile.
- Screenwriter Philip Yordan thought the producer made a mistake casting George Raft as Kenny Veech, saying Raft was on the skids and that the part should have gone to a young actor like Burt Lancaster.
- A 2000 arcade skill game, also called Whistle Stop, took its theme from the film's noir elements, especially its train-station scene, and borrowed multiple sound effects from the movie.
- Whistle Stop was the first leading role for Ava Gardner, who said it was the part that finally got her noticed as an actress.
- Screenwriter Philip Yordan had to constantly rewrite the dialogue during filming so that stars George Raft and Ava Gardner could say it.
