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Amnesia Minor 
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Power of the Whistler (1945) |
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One of the 8
Whistler series of films in which Richard Dix |
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plays
different characters. In this film he has lost his memory |
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and a woman
helps him to get it back. Unfortunately he turns |
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This series
was apparently very successful but watching the |
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film now one
wonders why. The actors are hardly |
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charismatic
and some strange things happen. |
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The film
starts with the man, William Everest, walking along |
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the road as
if in a dream. He's nearly knocked down by a car. |
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Then he goes
into a cafΘ where a woman reads his fortune. |
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The cards
foretell death within 24 hours. He leaves the cafe |
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but she
rushes after him. He feels dizzy after his little |
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accident
with the car so she suggests they sit in an empty car |
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parked at
the kerb. This is when he tells her he can't even |
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remember his
name. He knows only that he has to do |
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something in
the next 24 hours. She looks through his wallet |
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and finds
out who he is. His explanation for not having done |
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so earlier
is "If I'd had my wits about me." At this point the |
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owner of the
car returns and doesn't bat an eyelid at these |
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strangers
sitting in the back. He even offers them a lift. |
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That is the
level of reality in this film. |
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