Lady on a Train

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Lady on a Train (1945)

NR 08/03/1945 (US) Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller 1h 34m

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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.

Charles David

Director
Robert O'Brien

Screenplay
Edmund Beloin

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Deanna Durbin

Nikki Collins / Margo Martin
Ralph Bellamy

Jonathan Waring
David Bruce

Wayne Morgan
George Coulouris

Mr. Saunders, Circus Club Manager
Allen Jenkins

Danny (Waring chauffeur)
Dan Duryea

Arnold Waring
Edward Everett Horton

Mr. Haskell
Patricia Morison

Joyce Willams, Morgan's Girl
Maria Palmer

Margo Martin, Circus Club Singer
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A review by John Chard

75%

Written by John Chard on December 29, 2013

Genre blender of considerable worth.

Lady on a Train is directed by Charles David and adapted to screenplay by Edmund Beloin and Robert O’Brien from a Leslie Charteris story. It stars Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, David Bruce, George Coulouris, Allen Jenkins, Dan Duryea and Edward Everett Horton. Music is by Miklos Rozsa and cinematography by Woody Bredell.

Part murder mystery, part film noir, part comedy and part musical! And it’s a Christmas movie as well! Lady on a Train has a lot going on for sure. It’s a fun packed little movie that gives Durbin full licence to show her various tal... read the rest.

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