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77% Critic Match
The Secret Call
“A girl's struggle for revenge and against love!”
7.7 / 10• 1931• 1h 13m•NR• English
DramaRomance
Storyline
The Secret Call is adapted from The Woman, a play by William C. DeMille (brother of Cecil B.) Peggy Shannon plays Wanda Kelly, the daughter of a disgraced politician. Reduced to working as a switchboard operator, Wanda is privy to the many secrets and indiscretions of the clients of a big-city hotel. She also finds romance in the form of handsome Tom Blake (Richard Arlen). The huge cast of characters comes in handy for the film's multitude of subplots, none of which ever get their wires crossed. Peggy Shannon acquits herself nicely in her first major role, but by the end of the decade her career was in decline.
Cast & Crew
Richard Arlen
Tom Blake
Lead
Peggy Shannon
Wanda Kelly
William B. Davidson
Jim Blake
Charles Trowbridge
Phil Roberts
Ned Sparks
Bert Benedict
JK
Jane Keithley
Grace Roberts
Selmer Jackson
Matt Stanton
Jed Prouty
Jim Neligan
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Stuart Walker's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Secret Call is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
