A dame, a deadline, and two detectives who can't stop bickering—classic noir chaos in 70 minutes.
"The Unknown" was the final entry in Columbia’s I Love A Mystery series. A woman hires two detectives to keep her alive long enough to claim her inheritance.
Acting
Bannon and Yarborough's bickering carries the whole thing.
Writing
Snappy radio-serial dialogue that never stops moving.
Director
Henry Levin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the fifteenth and final 'I Love A Mystery' film; the radio series continued for another decade with different actors.
Karen Morley's career effectively ended after this due to her husband's union activism and her own politics—Hollywood's blacklist claimed another voice.
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