A Message to Mcintyre in Duluth

The Whip Hand, a Cold War thriller directed by William Cameron Menzies, was released Oct. 24, 1951 75 years ago today. The film is set in the fictional town of Winnoga, Wisconsin, which in one scene is referred to as a couple of hours from Duluth. The entire movie can be viewed in the embedded video below via archive.org. The scene with references to Duluth begins at the 1:08:30 mark. The plot follows Matt Corbin, a vacationing magazine journalist on a fishing trip. He stumbles into the nearly deserted ghost town of Winnoga, where he notices the local lake s fish have mysteriously died off. Aided by a sympathetic nurse, Janet Keller, Corbin investigates a secluded private estate and laboratory. He discovers a group of Soviet operatives, led by a fanatical ex-Nazi bacteriologist, have taken over the town and are plotting to poison the American water supply. The film stars Carla Balenda as Janet Keller, Elliott Reid as Matt Corbin, Edgar Barrier as Dr. Edward Keller, and Raymond