Midweek movie

 Wasn't even ready for this - time zips by.  Try this one, maybe a double feature this evening, maybe not.

Hmmmm:

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.

Yep, that sounds the ticket.  More as soon as I write it.  :)

#  Love these old movies with wisecracking dialogue, and absence of guts spilling all over the screen.

#  Lots of 1946 "smart talk" with a clever plot twist and several possible suspects. Well written script, convincing acting, film noir atmosphere, a "dark" "who done it" and a well known main character who shall remain nameless until you read the opening credits.  An actually entertaining effort. Worth viewing, honest!

Uh huh.  18:33: Have just watched it and then read this review:

#  If movie plots are like train wrecks, this one is up there with the crash in "The Greatest Show on Earth". Every element of this film noir rings a bell of falsehood. In some films, you might be tempted to walk out of the theater or simply press stop on your VCR or DVD player. In the case of "The Inner Circle", you'll stick with it just to see how far down the road of absurdity it will go.

This was the late 40s?  May have to change my strategy.