The Argyle Secrets
The Argyle Secrets | |
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Directed by | Cy Endfield |
Screenplay by | Cy Endfield |
Produced by | |
Starring | William Gargan Marjorie Lord |
Cinematography | Mack Stengler |
Edited by | Gregg G. Tallas |
Music by | Raoul Kraushaar (as Ralph Stanley) |
Production company | Eronel Productions |
Distributed by | Film Classics (US) |
Release date |
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Running time | 64 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $125,000[1] |
The Argyle Secrets is a 1948 American mystery film directed by Cy Endfield and starring William Gargan and Marjorie Lord.[2] It was based on a half-hour radio play by Endfield, originally heard on CBS's Suspense.[3][4] The film was made for the micro-budget of $100,000 and shot in eight days.[5]
Plot[]
Reporter Harry Mitchell tracks down incriminating papers showing that some leading Americans collaborated with the Nazis during the war.[6]
Cast[]
- Harry Mitchell - William Gargan
- Maria - Marjorie Lord
- Lt. Samuel Sampson – Ralph Byrd
- Panama Archie –
- Winter – John Banner
- Elizabeth Court – Barbara Billingsley
- Jor McBrod –
- Scanlon – Peter Brocco
- Allen Pierce – George Anderson
- Gil Hobrey – Mickey Simpson
- 'Pinky' Pincus –
- The Nurse –
- Mrs. Rubin – Mary Tarcai
- Melvyn Rubin – Cop – Robert Kellard
- Gerald Rubin –
Critical reception[]
TV Guide called the film an "often exciting low-budget thriller."[6] Variety 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."[4]
References[]
- ^ THOMAS F. BRADY (Feb 29, 1948). "HOLLYWOOD CALM: New Legislative Probes Taken in Stride -- Better Terms for the Independents". New York Times. p. X5.
- ^ The Argyle Secrets at the TCM Movie Database
- ^ "The Argyle Secrets (1948) – Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
- ^ a b "Cy Endfield". Variety. 1995-05-01. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
- ^ Andrew Spicer; Helen Hanson (2013-06-24). A Companion to Film Noir. ISBN 9781118523759. Retrieved 2014-05-25 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "The Argyle Secrets Trailer, Reviews and Schedule for The Argyle Secrets | TVGuide.com". Movies.tvguide.com. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1948 films
- English-language films
- Film Classics films
- Films directed by Cy Endfield
- American films
- 1940s English-language films
- 1948 mystery films
- American mystery films
- American black-and-white films
- Films scored by Raoul Kraushaar