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Lady on a Train( 1945)

TV-MAComedyCrimeMysteryRomanceThriller
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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Deanna Durbin

      Nikki Collins / Margo Martin

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      Ralph Bellamy

      Jonathan Waring

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      David Bruce

      Wayne Morgan

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      George Coulouris

      Mr. Saunders, Circus Club Manager

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      Allen Jenkins

      Danny (Waring chauffeur)

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      Dan Duryea

      Arnold Waring

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      Edward Everett Horton

      Mr. Haskell

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      Patricia Morison

      Joyce Willams, Morgan's Girl

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      Maria Palmer

      Margo Martin, Circus Club Singer

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      Elizabeth Patterson

      Aunt Charlotte Waring

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      Samuel S. Hinds

      Mr. Wiggam, Waring Lawyer

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      William Frawley

      Desk Sgt. Brennan

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      Jacqueline deWit

      Miss Fletcher, Morgan's Secretary

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      Lash LaRue

      Circus Club Waiter / Henchman

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      Jane Adams

      Circus Club Photographer

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      Thurston Hall

      Josiah Waring

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      Ben Carter

      Maxwell

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      Mabel Forrest

      Wife

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      Barbara Bates

      Hat Check Girl

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      Chester Clute

      Train Conductor (uncredited)

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      Joseph Crehan

      Train passenger (uncredited)

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      Fred Aldrich

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      Ernest Anderson

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      Carl Andre

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      Bobby Barber

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      Eddie Bartell

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      Eddie Bruce

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      Charles Cane

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      James Carlisle

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      Nora Cecil

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      George Chandler

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      André Charlot

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      Martin Cichy

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      Tom Coleman

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      Oliver Cross

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      Charles Dechamps

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      Jack Deery

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      Robert Dudley

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      Tom Dugan

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      Eddie Dunn

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      Jay Eaton

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      Sarah Edwards

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      Harry Evans

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      Franklyn Farnum

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      Carl Faulkner

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      Al Ferguson

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      Clyde Fillmore

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      Sam Finn

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      Mary Forbes

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      George Golden

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      Ethyl May Halls

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      Sam Harris

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      Dick Hirbe

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      Stuart Holmes

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      Jack W. Johnston

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      Philip Kieffer

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      Mike Lally

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      Perc Launders

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      Ethelreda Leopold

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      George J. Lewis

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      George Lloyd

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      Lock Martin

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      Sam McDaniel

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      Matt McHugh

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      Bert Moorhouse

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      William H. O'Brien

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      Frank O'Connor

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      Kathleen O'Malley

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      Ralph Peters

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      Rose Plumer

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      Albert Pollet

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      Karen Randle

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      Bob Reeves

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      Addison Richards

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      Cyril Ring

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      Bert Roach

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      Jeffrey Sayre

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      Charles Sherlock

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      Brick Sullivan

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      Jean Trent

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      Leo White

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      Eric Wilton

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      Florence Wix

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by John Chard

    7.5
    Written by John Chard on Sun Dec 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...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • film noir
    • murder
    • inheritance
    • train
    • witness to murder
    • heiress
    • madcap comedy
    • crime fiction writer
    • mystery