Movie
Lady in the Lake
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1946-12-19
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Genres
- Mystery, Thriller, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Robert Montgomery as Phillip Marlowe
- Audrey Totter as Adrienne Fromsett
- Lloyd Nolan as Lieutenant DeGarmot
- Tom Tully as Captain Kane
- Leon Ames as Derace Kingsby
- Jayne Meadows as Mildred Haveland
- Dick Simmons as Chris Lavery
- Morris Ankrum as Eugene Grayson
- Lila Leeds as Receptionist
- William Roberts as Artist
- Kathleen Lockhart as Mrs. Grayson
- Ellay Mort as Crystal
Crew
- Robert Montgomery - Director
- Raymond Chandler - Screenplay
- Steve Fisher - Screenplay
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