Lady in the Lake

1946 105 min ★ 6.1 Mystery, Thriller, Crime

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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Cast

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

Details

Director

Robert Montgomery

Screenplay

Steve Fisher

Tagline

"You and Robert Montgomery Solve a Murder Mystery Together!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$1,026,000

Revenue

$2,657,000

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Reviews

J

John Chard

December 9, 2018

★ 7/10

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 ...