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The Argyle Secrets is a 1948 American film noir mystery thriller written and directed by Cy Endfield and starring William Gargan and Marjorie Lord. It was based on a half-hour radio play by Endfield, originally heard on CBS 's Suspense .
The Argyle Secrets: Directed by Cy Endfield. With William Gargan, Marjorie Lord, Ralph Byrd, Jack Reitzen. An investigative reporter tells his assistant about a book called "The Argyle Album", which contains a list of people who were traitors and war profiteers during World War II.
After Pierce entrusts Harry with a photocopy of the cover of the Argyle Album, which contains the names of the conspirators, Pierce dies suddenly and a steel scalpel is found sticking in his chest. Harry is suspected of having murdered him and becomes a fugitive from the law.
Shot in eight days on an infinitesimal budget, Cy Endfield’s The Argyle Secrets is a uniquely efficient little noir: action-packed and fast-paced with several twists and every secondary character made distinctive and memorable.
An early directorial work from director Cy Endfield before he left the United States due to the HUAC investigations, The Argyle Secrets is a quick 64-minute journey into the country’s nasty Nazi secret.
Nov 15, 2021 · Only faintly related to the old stage play The Argyle Case, The Argyle Secrets is based on a half-hour radio program originally heard on CBS’ Suspense. In the immediate postwar years, several above-suspicion Americans attempt to hide their past collaborations with the Nazis.
In Cy Endfield’s odd thriller The Argyle Secrets, a journalist hunts an incriminating dossier on wartime traitors. David Cairns 24 Jul 2014. Critics reviews. An investigative reporter tells his assistant about a book called The Argyle Album, which contains a list of people who were traitors and war profiteers during World War II.
