Lady in the Lake

Name: Lady in the Lake
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Released: 1946-12-19
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 6.069

★ 6,1 /10 (116 Votes)

1946 EN 105 min

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.

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Release date

19/12/1946

Votes

116

Popularity

2.1

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Genres

Mystery Thriller Crime

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

105 min

Budget

$1,026,000

Revenue

$2,657,000

Robert Montgomery

Phillip Marlowe

Audrey Totter

Adrienne Fromsett

Lloyd Nolan

Lieutenant DeGarmot

Tom Tully

Captain Kane

Leon Ames

Derace Kingsby

Jayne Meadows

Mildred Haveland

Dick Simmons

Chris Lavery

Morris Ankrum

Eugene Grayson

Lila Leeds

Receptionist

William Roberts

Artist

Kathleen Lockhart

Mrs. Grayson

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Ellay Mort

Crystal

Ellen Ross

Elevator Girl (Uncredited)

Eddie Acuff

Ed, Coroner (Uncredited)

Charles Bradstreet

Party Guest (Uncredited)

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David Cavendish

Party Guest (Uncredited)

Wheaton Chambers

Property Clerk (Uncredited)

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Roger Cole

Party Guest (Uncredited)

Frank Dae

Party Guest (Uncredited)

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Jack Davis

Policeman (Uncredited)

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John Webb Dillion

Policeman (Uncredited)

Ralph Dunn

Sergeant (Uncredited)

Budd Fine

Policeman (Uncredited)

John Gallaudet

Policeman (Uncredited)

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Nina Garson

Party Guest (Uncredited)

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Sherry Hall

Party Guest (Uncredited)

Cy Kendall

Jailer (Uncredited)

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Ann Lawrence

Party Guest (Uncredited)

George Magrill

Policeman (Uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

Party Guest (Uncredited)

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Sandra Morgan

Party Guest (Uncredited)

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Thomas Murray

Policeman (Uncredited)

William Newell

Drunk (Uncredited)

James Nolan

Party Guest (Uncredited)

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William O'Leary

Party Guest (Uncredited)

Frank Orth

Floyd Greer (Uncredited)

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William McKeever Riley

Buster (Uncredited)

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)

Robert B. Williams

Detective (Uncredited)

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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 …

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