Lady on a Train

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Lady on a Train

"Deanna... on a Man (Oh! Man) Hunt!"

1945

1h 34m

6.6(49 votes)

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.

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83 members

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Deanna Durbin

Nikki Collins / Margo Martin

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Ralph Bellamy

Jonathan Waring

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David Bruce

Wayne Morgan

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George Coulouris

Mr. Saunders, Circus Club Manager

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Allen Jenkins

Danny (Waring chauffeur)

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Dan Duryea

Arnold Waring

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Edward Everett Horton

Mr. Haskell

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Patricia Morison

Joyce Willams, Morgan's Girl

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Maria Palmer

Margo Martin, Circus Club Singer

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Elizabeth Patterson

Aunt Charlotte Waring

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Samuel S. Hinds

Mr. Wiggam, Waring Lawyer

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William Frawley

Desk Sgt. Brennan

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Jacqueline deWit

Miss Fletcher, Morgan's Secretary

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Lash LaRue

Circus Club Waiter / Henchman

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Jane Adams

Circus Club Photographer

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Thurston Hall

Josiah Waring

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Ben Carter

Maxwell

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Mabel Forrest

Wife

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Barbara Bates

Hat Check Girl

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Chester Clute

Train Conductor (uncredited)

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Joseph Crehan

Train passenger (uncredited)

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Fred Aldrich

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Ernest Anderson

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Carl Andre

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Bobby Barber

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Eddie Bartell

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Eddie Bruce

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Charles Cane

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James Carlisle

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Nora Cecil

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George Chandler

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André Charlot

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Martin Cichy

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Tom Coleman

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Oliver Cross

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Charles Dechamps

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Jack Deery

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Robert Dudley

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Tom Dugan

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Eddie Dunn

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Jay Eaton

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Sarah Edwards

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Harry Evans

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Franklyn Farnum

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Carl Faulkner

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Al Ferguson

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Clyde Fillmore

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Sam Finn

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Mary Forbes

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George Golden

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Ethyl May Halls

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Sam Harris

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Dick Hirbe

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Stuart Holmes

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Jack W. Johnston

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Philip Kieffer

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Mike Lally

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Perc Launders

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Ethelreda Leopold

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George J. Lewis

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George Lloyd

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Lock Martin

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Sam McDaniel

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Matt McHugh

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Bert Moorhouse

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William H. O'Brien

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Frank O'Connor

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Kathleen O'Malley

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Ralph Peters

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Rose Plumer

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Albert Pollet

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Karen Randle

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Bob Reeves

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Addison Richards

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Cyril Ring

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Bert Roach

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Jeffrey Sayre

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Charles Sherlock

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Brick Sullivan

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Jean Trent

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Leo White

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Eric Wilton

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Florence Wix

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