The Inner Circle (1946)

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Country: USA
Genres: Film-Noir, Mystery
Release: 1946-08-07
Director: Philip Ford
Writers: Dorrell McGowan , Stuart E. McGowan , Leonard St. Clair , Lawrence Taylor
Language: English
Stars: Adele Mara , Warren Douglas , William Frawley , Ricardo Cortez , Virginia Christine , Ken Niles , Will Wright (I) (1894–1962) , Dorothy Adams , Martha Montgomery , Edward Gargan
Runtime: 57 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Círculo Íntimo (Brazil) , The Inner Circle , The Inner Circle (United Kingdom) , The Inner Circle (United States of America) , The Twisted Circle (United States of America) , El círculo siniestro (Mexico) , Monsieur Strange détective (France, French Republic)
Plot: Before he can finish placing his help-wanted ad over the phone, the perfect candidate shows up at the office of Johnny Strange and fills the position of secretary without even giving Johnny a chance to say yes. She immediately takes the call from a new client, a mysterious woman with a Spanish accent. When Johnny meets her, the client is dressed all in black and wearing a heavy veil that conceals her face. She takes him to a house with a corpse lying in it, and asks him to take care of it. Before Johnny can call the police she knocks him unconscious with a bookend. He wakes up to see Det. Lt. Webb, who tells him the dead man is a notorious gossip columnist with a popular radio program. A nightclub manager, a singer, a housekeeper, a hard-of-hearing groundskeeper and two beautiful blondes are among the whos who may have done it.
IMDB:tt0038640