Directed by:
Charles DavidCinematography:
Elwood BredellComposer:
Miklós RózsaCast:
Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, Edward Everett Horton, Allen Jenkins, David Bruce, George Coulouris, Patricia Morison, Dan Duryea, Maria Palmer (more)Plots(1)
By the mid-1940s, Universal's singing superstar, the twice-married Deanna Durbin, had outgrown her innocent ingenue image, and although her postwar films were mostly bland, Lady on a Train is a delicious hybrid of '40s romantic comedy and Agatha Christie mystery. A glamorous Deanna witnesses a murder, gets mixed up with the dead man's wacky family, and croons Cole Porter's "Night and Day" with throbbing allure. Five more Durbin features followed--but you're wise to make this smartly crafted Train, complete with surprising denouement, your final stop. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Charles Dechamps
France
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Lady on a Train (1945)
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Kathleen O'Malley
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Al Ferguson
Ireland
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Jay Eaton
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Florence Wix
UK
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Nora Cecil
UK
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Eddie Dunn
USA
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UK
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USA
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Ralph Peters
USA
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Perc Launders
USA
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George Lloyd
USA
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James Carlisle
USA
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Matt McHugh
USA
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USA
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Rose Plumer
USA
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Australia
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Jane Adams
USA
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