---
title: 'Whistling in the Dark (1933)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Elliott Nugent'
released: '1933-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/whistling-in-the-dark-1933'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024769/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Whistling in the Dark (1933)

1933 · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

Whistling in the Dark is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy-mystery film directed by Elliott Nugent and starring Ernest Truex and Una Merkel. The plot concerns a mystery writer whose scheme for a perfect murder comes to the attention of a gangster, who plans to use it.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Elliott Nugent](https://cinepixo.com/people/elliott-nugent), [Charles Reisner](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-reisner)
- **Screenplay:** [Elliott Nugent](https://cinepixo.com/people/elliott-nugent)
- **Original Music Composer:** [William Axt](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-axt)
- **Producer:** [Norbert Brodine](https://cinepixo.com/people/norbert-brodine)
- **Director of Photography:** [Norbert Brodine](https://cinepixo.com/people/norbert-brodine)

## Cast

- [Ernest Truex](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-truex)
- [Marcelle Corday](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcelle-corday)
- [Una Merkel](https://cinepixo.com/people/una-merkel)
- [C. Henry Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/c-henry-gordon)
- [John Miljan](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-miljan)
- [Nat Pendleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/nat-pendleton)
- [Joseph Cawthorn](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-cawthorn)
- [Edward Arnold](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-arnold)

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