Lady on a Train
- Lady on a Train
"Lady on a Train" is a 1945
black-and-white comedy shot infilm noir style. The film, starringDeanna Durbin , was directed by Durbin's future third husband Charles David. The film's music score was byMiklós Rózsa . Durbin sings the standards "Silent Night" and "Night and Day." The comedy, musical and film noir seems to be a spoof onCornell Woolrich mystery stories that were popular at the time. Future cowboy starLash La Rue has a small part playing a waiter at the Circus Club.The film was based upon a story by
Leslie Charteris , the half Chinese-half English author best known for creatingSimon Templar , aka The Saint. Charteris wrote a novelization of the film that was released at the same time as movie; this was one of only a few non-Saint books published by the prolific author.Plot
Debutante Nikki Collins happens to witness a murder in a building while passing by on a train. Nikki goes to the police, but is frustrated to find that no one believes her. The police think that her story is the product of an overactive imagination. Nikki then approaches mystery writer Wayne Morgan (David Bruce) to help solve the mystery.
Cast
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Deanna Durbin as Nikki Collins/Margo Martin
*Ralph Bellamy as Jonathan Waring
*David Bruce as Wayne Morgan
*George Coulouris as Mr. Saunders, Circus Club Manager
*Allen Jenkins as Danny
*Dan Duryea as Arnold WaringExternal links
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037859/ "Lady on a Train" at the Internet Movie Database]
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