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The Argyle Secrets  (1948)


Based upon director Cy Endfield's own successful play for radio's Suspense series, this independent production concerned the pursuit by a dogged reporter of a rumored dossier containing the names of American businessmen who had sought to make deals with Nazi Germany, to buttress their own interests whatever the outcome of WWII.  A labyrinthine mystery, the economically-made film lent noirish interest to its grim geopolitical premise.

16mm, b/w, 64 min.  Production: Eronel Productions, Inc.  Distribution: Film Classics, Inc.  Producer: Alan H. Posner, Sam X. Abarbanel.  Director: Cy Endfield (as Cyril Endfield).  Based on the radio play The Argyle Album by Cyril Endfield on Suspense.  Screenwriter: Cy Endfield (as Cyril Endfield).  Cinematographer: Mack Stengler.  Editor: Greg Tallas.  Composer: Ralph Stanley.  With: William Gargan, Marjorie Lord, Ralph Byrd, Jack Reitzen, John Banner.