Lady in the Lake

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Lady in the Lake

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

1946

1h 45m

6.0(104 votes)

Mystery

Thriller

Crime

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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Robert Montgomery

Phillip Marlowe

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Audrey Totter

Adrienne Fromsett

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Lloyd Nolan

Lieutenant DeGarmot

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Tom Tully

Captain Kane

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Leon Ames

Derace Kingsby

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Jayne Meadows

Mildred Haveland

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Dick Simmons

Chris Lavery

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Morris Ankrum

Eugene Grayson

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Lila Leeds

Receptionist

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William Roberts

Artist

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Kathleen Lockhart

Mrs. Grayson

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Ellay Mort

Crystal

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Ellen Ross

Elevator Girl (Uncredited)

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Eddie Acuff

Ed, Coroner (Uncredited)

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Charles Bradstreet

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David Cavendish

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Wheaton Chambers

Property Clerk (Uncredited)

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Roger Cole

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Frank Dae

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Jack Davis

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John Webb Dillion

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Ralph Dunn

Sergeant (Uncredited)

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Budd Fine

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John Gallaudet

Policeman (Uncredited)

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Nina Garson

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Sherry Hall

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Cy Kendall

Jailer (Uncredited)

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Ann Lawrence

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George Magrill

Policeman (Uncredited)

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Bert Moorhouse

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Sandra Morgan

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Thomas Murray

Policeman (Uncredited)

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William Newell

Drunk (Uncredited)

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James Nolan

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William O'Leary

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Frank Orth

Floyd Greer (Uncredited)

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William McKeever Riley

Buster (Uncredited)

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Fred Santley

Charlie (Uncredited)

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Fred Sherman

Reporter (Uncredited)

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Florence Stephens

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George Travell

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Laura Treadwell

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Kay Wiley

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Robert B. Williams

Detective (Uncredited)

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