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Director
  
Cy Endfield

Music director
  
Raoul Kraushaar

Duration
  

Language
  
English

6.2/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama, Mystery, Romance

Cinematography
  
Mack Stengler

Country
  
United States

The Argyle Secrets movie poster

Release date
  
May 7, 1948 (1948-05-07)

Writer
  
Cy Endfield (radio play), Cy Endfield (screenplay)

Cast
  
William Gargan
(Harry Mitchell),
Marjorie Lord
(Marla),
Ralph Byrd
(Lt. Samuel Sampson),
Jack Reitzen
(Panama Archie),
John Banner
(Winter),
Barbara Billingsley
(Elizabeth Court)

Similar movies
  
Megamind
,
Never Been Kissed
,
The Adventures of Tintin
,
Zodiac
,
Citizen Kane
,
Top Five

Tagline
  
International intrigue... told in terms of treachery!

The Arygle Secrets is a 1948 film directed by Cy Endfield. It was based on a half-hour radio play by Endfield, originally heard on CBS's Suspense. The film was made for the micro-budget of $100,000 and shot in eight days.

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Plot

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

Cast

  • Harry Mitchell - William Gargan
  • Maria - Marjorie Lord
  • Lt. Samuel Sampson - Ralph Byrd
  • Panama Archie - Jack Reitzen
  • Winter - John Banner
  • Elizabeth Court - Barbara Billingsley
  • Jor McBrod - Alex Frazer
  • Scanlon - Peter Brocco
  • Allen Pierce - George Anderson
  • Gil Hobrey - Mickey Simpson
  • 'Pinky' Pincus - Alvin Hammer
  • The Nurse - Carole Donne
  • Mrs. Rubin - Mary Tarcai
  • Melvyn Rubin - Cop - Robert Kellard
  • Gerald Rubin - Kenneth Greenwald
  • Critical reception

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

    References

    The Argyle Secrets Wikipedia
    The Argyle Secrets IMDb The Argyle Secrets themoviedb.org