Lady on a Train

Aug 3, 1945

1h 34m

★ 6.6

Deanna... on a Man (Oh! Man) Hunt!

Overview

While watching from her train window, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building. When she alerts the police, they think she has read one too many mystery novels. She then enlists a popular mystery writer to help her solve the crime on her own, but her sleuthing attracts the attentions of suitors and killers.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Mystery

Romance

Thriller

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

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Cast

Nikki Collins / Margo Martin

Deanna Durbin

Jonathan Waring

Ralph Bellamy

Wayne Morgan

David Bruce

Mr. Saunders, Circus Club Manager

George Coulouris

Danny (Waring chauffeur)

Allen Jenkins

Arnold Waring

Dan Duryea

Mr. Haskell

Edward Everett Horton

Joyce Willams, Morgan's Girl

Patricia Morison

Margo Martin, Circus Club Singer

Maria Palmer

Aunt Charlotte Waring

Elizabeth Patterson

Mr. Wiggam, Waring Lawyer

Samuel S. Hinds

Desk Sgt. Brennan

William Frawley

Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to locate the missing wife of her boss, Mr. Kingsby. The assignment quickly becomes complicated when bodies start turning up.

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