Lady on a Train (1945)
1h 34m
Running Time
August 3, 1945Release Date
Lady on a Train (1945)
1h 34m
Running Time
August 3, 1945Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
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
Elizabeth Patterson
Aunt Charlotte Waring
Samuel S. Hinds
Mr. Wiggam, Waring Lawyer
William Frawley
Desk Sgt. Brennan
Jacqueline deWit
Miss Fletcher, Morgan's Secretary
Lash LaRue
Circus Club Waiter / Henchman
Jane Adams
Circus Club Photographer
Thurston Hall
Josiah Waring
Ben Carter
Maxwell
Mabel Forrest
Wife
Barbara Bates
Hat Check Girl
Chester Clute
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
Train passenger (uncredited)
Charles David
Director
Felix Jackson
Producer
Miklós Rózsa
Original Music Composer
Elwood Bredell
Director of Photography
Leslie Charteris
Original Story
Edmund Beloin
Screenplay
Robert O'Brien
Screenplay
Ted J. Kent
Editor
Robert Clatworthy
Art Direction
John B. Goodman
Art Direction
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
Howard Greer
Costume Design
George Lloyd
Dick Hirbe
Sam Harris
Ethyl May Halls
George Golden
Mary Forbes
Sam Finn
Bert Moorhouse
William H. O'Brien
Frank O'Connor
Albert Pollet
Karen Randle
Bob Reeves
Addison Richards
Cyril Ring
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 3, 1945
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 34m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
murder
inheritance
train
witness to murder
noir
heiress
madcap comedy
crime fiction writer
mystery
Wiki.
Lady on a Train is a 1945 American crime comedy film noir directed by Charles David and starring Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, and David Bruce.
Based on a story by Leslie Charteris, the film is about a woman who witnesses a murder in a nearby building from her train window. After she reports the murder to the police, who quickly dismiss her story, she turns to a popular mystery writer to help her solve the crime. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Sound.
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