''The Argyle Secrets'' is a 1948 American film noir mystery thriller written and directed by

Cy Endfield Cyril Raker Endfield (November 10, 1914 – April 16, 1995) was an American screenwriter, director, author, magician and inventor. Having been named as a Communist at a House Un-American Activities Committee hearing and subsequently blacklisted, ...

and starring

William Gargan William Dennis Gargan (July 17, 1905February 17, 1979) was an American film, television and radio actor. He was the 5th recipient of the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1967, and in 1941, was nominated for the Academy Award for Be ...

and

Marjorie Lord Marjorie Lord (née Wollenberg; July 26, 1918 – November 28, 2015) was an American television and film actress. She played Kathy "Clancy" O'Hara Williams, opposite Danny Thomas's character on ''The Danny Thomas Show'' (also known as ''Make ...

. It was based on a half-hour radio play by Endfield, originally heard on

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's '' Suspense''. The film was made for the micro-budget of $100,000 and shot in eight days.

Plot

Reporter Harry Mitchell tracks down incriminating papers showing that some leading Americans collaborated with the Nazis during the war.

Cast

* Harry Mitchell -

* Maria -

* Lt. Samuel Sampson –

Ralph Byrd Ralph Byrd (April 22, 1909 – August 18, 1952) was an American actor. He was most famous for playing the comic strip character Dick Tracy on screen, in serials, films and television. Early life and career The son of George and Edna ...

* Panama Archie – Jack Reitzen * Winter –

John Banner John Banner (born Johann Banner, January 28, 1910 – January 28, 1973) was an Austrian-born American actor, best known for his role as Sergeant Schultz in the situation comedy ''Hogan's Heroes'' (1965–1971). Schultz, constantly encou ...

* Elizabeth Court –

Barbara Billingsley Barbara Billingsley (born Barbara Lillian Combes; December 22, 1915 – October 16, 2010) was an American actress. She began her career with uncredited roles in ''Three Guys Named Mike'' (1951), '' The Bad and the Beautiful'' (1952), and '' Inv ...

* Jor McBrod – Alex Frazer * Scanlon –

Peter Brocco Carl Peter Brocco (January 16, 1903 – December 20, 1992) was an American screen and stage actor. He appeared in over 300 credits, notably ''Spartacus'' (1960) and '' One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (1975), during his career spanning over 60 ...

* Allen Pierce – George Anderson * Gil Hobrey –

Mickey Simpson Mickey Simpson (December 3, 1913 – September 23, 1985) was an American supporting actor of burly roles, probably most familiar as "Sarge," the bigoted diner owner in the 1956 film, ''Giant''. He appeared in over 175 films and television episod ...

* 'Pinky' Pincus – Alvin Hammer * The Nurse – Carole Donne * Mrs. Rubin – Mary Tarcai * Melvyn Rubin – Cop –

Robert Kellard Robert Kellard, aka Robert Stevens (April 23, 1915 – January 13, 1981), was an American actor who appeared in over 60 films between 1937 and 1951. Early years Kellard was born Robert Dorsey Kellard April 23, 1915, in Los Angeles, California. H ...

* Gerald Rubin – Kenneth Greenwald

Critical reception

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'' called the film an "often exciting low-budget thriller." ''

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'' called the film "a particularly interesting B movie in its suggestion that the U.S. government secretly brought Nazis into the country to work for the military." Shown on the

Turner Classic Movies Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is an American movie-oriented pay-TV network owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Launched in 1994, Turner Classic Movies is headquartered at Turner's Techwood broadcasting campus in the Midtown business district of At ...

show 'Noir Alley' with

Eddie Muller Eddie Muller (born October 15, 1958) is an American writer based in San Francisco. He is known for writing books about movies, particularly film noir, and is the host of Noir Alley on Turner Classic Movies (TCM). Early life and education Muller ...

on October 15, 2022.

References

External links

*
The Argyle Secrets
at

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Argyle Secrets, The 1948 films 1948 mystery films 1940s English-language films 1940s mystery thriller films American black-and-white films American mystery thriller films Film Classics films Film noir Films about journalists Films based on radio series Films directed by Cy Endfield Films scored by Raoul Kraushaar 1940s American films