Lady on a Train (1945)

6.7/10 94 min Comedy Crime Mystery Romance Thriller

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.

Cast

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)

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