The Inner Circle (1946) DETECTIVE



Stars: Adele Mara, Warren Douglas, William Frawley
Director: Philip Ford
Writers: Dorrell McGowan, Stuart E. McGowan

A private detective finds himself with a perfect new secretary. But after a notorious gossip columnist turns up murdered, she may prove too good to be true.

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28 Replies to “The Inner Circle (1946) DETECTIVE”

  1. I Wonder why these films often name the major actor "Johnny"? I wish I had a dollar for every Johnny I've seen in these film noirs! What was the appeal? Why not Jacky or Jimmy?

  2. A little cheesy, but met the need after going through several tries of already-been-seen movies or don't-want-to-see movies.  By the time we got to this one we were poised and ready for something watchable. This one definitely met our need keeping in mind that we were pretty needy by the time we found it. Not every movie is an Ace in the Hole.  However, the ones that aren't can still be worth the watch like this one.  Thank you, Pizza Fix.

  3. 11/20/16 that was a good movie I enjoyed it, but you know what I like better how they did the radio show and they reenacted the crime at the end of the movie. You see I listen to a lot of those old radio shows and that's exactly how it's done well I'm not from the 1940s I'm just assuming, [ The same actors should have done another movie altogether ! ]

  4. Great witty movie, and great reminiscing of old time radio show at the same time. KKUP in 91.5 FM in SF Bay area has a show like that every TUesday at 2 PM.

  5. No doubt about it , those old time private eyes sure had hard skulls, to be slugged so often and not suffer brain damage is surely wondrous.

  6. Such a ludicrous mess but that's also what made it so enjoyable. I couldn't take my eyes off this surprisingly highly engaging low-budget mystery despite its sudden spiral into an  almost spoof-esque affair. Here's a twist for you this film had four scriptwriters I guess some thought it'll be better as a noir while the others were more fond of screwball comedy. Neat for all of the wrong reasons but what it got right was admirable

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