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The Inner Circle is a 1946 American mystery film directed by Philip Ford.
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 those who may have done it.
Original Release
08/07/1946
US Release
08/07/1946
Cast
Name | Character |
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Adele Mara | Geraldine Travis - alias Gerry Smith / Geraldine Travis, alias Gerry Smith |
Warren Douglas | Johnny Strange |
William Frawley | Det. Lt. Webb |
Ricardo Cortez | Duke York |
Virginia Christine | Rhoda Roberts |
Ken Niles | Ken - Radio Announcer / Ken, Radio Announcer |
Will Wright | Henry Boggs |
Dorothy Adams | Emma Wilson |
Martha Montgomery | Anne Travis Lowe |
Edward Gargan | Parking Ticket Cop |
Directors
Writers
Dorrell McGowan, Stuart E. McGowan, Leonard St. Clair, Lawrence Taylor
Cast
Name | Character |
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Adele Mara | Geraldine Travis - alias Gerry Smith / Geraldine Travis, alias Gerry Smith |
Warren Douglas | Johnny Strange |
William Frawley | Det. Lt. Webb |
Ricardo Cortez | Duke York |
Virginia Christine | Rhoda Roberts |
Ken Niles | Ken - Radio Announcer / Ken, Radio Announcer |
Will Wright | Henry Boggs |
Dorothy Adams | Emma Wilson |
Martha Montgomery | Anne Travis Lowe |
Edward Gargan | Parking Ticket Cop |
Fred Graham | Duke's Henchman |
Eddie Parker | Duke's Henchman |
Robert J. Wilke | Cummings - Police Officer / Police Officer Cummings (as Bob Wilke) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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William J. O'Sullivan | Producer |