The Argyle Secrets is a 1948 American film noir mystery thriller written and directed by Cy Endfield (billed as "Cyril Endfield) and starring William Gargan and Marjorie Lord. It was based on a half-hour radio play by Endfield, originally heard on CBS's Suspense. The film was made for a micro-budget of $100,000 and shot in eight days.

Plot

In a voice-over narration, reporter Harry Mitchell wonders aloud how unnamed events could have all happened in 24 hours. A montage of sinister faces appears as he continues to wonder whether such people as these could have "come out of nowhere and be gone again in one day." The montage reveals that Mitchell is typing these words, dissolving to a shot of reporter Allen Pierce, "the top man of Washington's political columnists," lying in a hospital bed. Mitchell reveals that Pierce had checked into the hospital after promising his readers information about "the Argyle Album," which would create a political scandal greater than the Teapot Dome affair.