The Inner Circle (1946)
Overview
A fresh-faced young detective gets set up, framed for murder, and alibied by a smart blonde.
Cast
Adele Mara
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
Will Wright
Henry Boggs
Dorothy Adams
Emma Wilson
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CinemaSerf
There clearly wasn't much cash for this, but Adele Mara ("Gerry") and Warren Douglas ("Johnny Strange") do their best to make up for that with a quickly-paced crime drama that punches quite a bit above it's weight. He is a PI on the lookout for a new secretary. She volunteers for the role, and soon the pair are caught up in the murder of a radio gossip columnist. Next thing, he's been thumped over the head and has to convince the police he had nothing to do with the killing. There is no absence of suspects for the crime, indeed there might well have been folks in the front row of the cinema who might have killed this, as it turns out, rather scurrilous man. I enjoyed this - it's cheap and cheerful, but builds nicely to an uncomplicated conclusion.
