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Lady in the Lake( 1946)

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You and Robert Montgomery Solve a Murder Mystery Together!

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Robert Montgomery

      Phillip Marlowe

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      Audrey Totter

      Adrienne Fromsett

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      Lloyd Nolan

      Lieutenant DeGarmot

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      Tom Tully

      Captain Kane

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      Leon Ames

      Derace Kingsby

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      Jayne Meadows

      Mildred Haveland

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      Dick Simmons

      Chris Lavery

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      Morris Ankrum

      Eugene Grayson

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      Lila Leeds

      Receptionist

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      William Roberts

      Artist

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      Kathleen Lockhart

      Mrs. Grayson

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      Ellay Mort

      Crystal

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      Ellen Ross

      Elevator Girl (Uncredited)

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      Eddie Acuff

      Ed, Coroner (Uncredited)

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      Charles Bradstreet

      Party Guest (Uncredited)

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      David Cavendish

      Party Guest (Uncredited)

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      Wheaton Chambers

      Property Clerk (Uncredited)

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      Roger Cole

      Party Guest (Uncredited)

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      Frank Dae

      Party Guest (Uncredited)

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      Jack Davis

      Policeman (Uncredited)

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      John Webb Dillion

      Policeman (Uncredited)

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      Ralph Dunn

      Sergeant (Uncredited)

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      Budd Fine

      Policeman (Uncredited)

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      John Gallaudet

      Policeman (Uncredited)

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      Nina Garson

      Party Guest (Uncredited)

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      Sherry Hall

      Party Guest (Uncredited)

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      Cy Kendall

      Jailer (Uncredited)

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      Ann Lawrence

      Party Guest (Uncredited)

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      George Magrill

      Policeman (Uncredited)

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      Bert Moorhouse

      Party Guest (Uncredited)

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      Sandra Morgan

      Party Guest (Uncredited)

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      Thomas Murray

      Policeman (Uncredited)

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      William Newell

      Drunk (Uncredited)

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      James Nolan

      Party Guest (Uncredited)

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      William O'Leary

      Party Guest (Uncredited)

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      Frank Orth

      Floyd Greer (Uncredited)

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      William McKeever Riley

      Buster (Uncredited)

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      Fred Santley

      Charlie (Uncredited)

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      Fred Sherman

      Reporter (Uncredited)

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      Florence Stephens

      Party Guest (Uncredited)

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      George Travell

      Party Guest (Uncredited)

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      Laura Treadwell

      Party Guest (Uncredited)

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      Kay Wiley

      Party Guest (Uncredited)

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      Robert B. Williams

      Detective (Uncredited)

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Sun Dec 09 2018
    If I should die before I live! Lady in the Lake is directed by Robert Montgomery and adapted to the screen by Steve Fisher from the novel The Lady in the Lake written by Raymond Chandler. It stars Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan, Tom Tully, Leon Ames and Jayne Meadows. Music is by David Snell and cinematography by Paul Vogel. It's the Christmas Holidays and private detective and part time writer Phillip Marlowe (Montgomery) strolls into Kingsby Publications to submit his latest novel. Although he didn't know it at the time, his reason for being there is for different matters, and s...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    1026000.00

    Revenue

    2657000.00

    Keywords

    • detective
    • press
    • film noir
    • whodunit