Lady on a Train

Lady on a Train

94 mins | Crime, Comedy, Thriller, Romance, Mystery | Aug. 3, 1945

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.

Lady on a Train

94 mins | Crime, Comedy, Thriller, Romance, Mystery | Aug. 3, 1945

Lady on a Train
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Universal Pictures
Original title Lady on a Train
Directors Charles David
Writers Leslie Charteris, Robert O'Brien, Edmund Beloin

Cast

Deanna Durbin

as Nikki Collins / Margo Martin

Ralph Bellamy

as Jonathan Waring

David Bruce

as Wayne Morgan

George Coulouris

as Mr. Saunders, Circus Club Manager

Allen Jenkins

as Danny (Waring chauffeur)

Dan Duryea

as Arnold Waring

Edward Everett Horton

as Mr. Haskell

Patricia Morison

as Joyce Willams, Morgan's Girl

Maria Palmer

as Margo Martin, Circus Club Singer

Elizabeth Patterson

as Aunt Charlotte Waring

Samuel S. Hinds

as Mr. Wiggam, Waring Lawyer

William Frawley

as Desk Sgt. Brennan

Jacqueline deWit

as Miss Fletcher, Morgan's Secretary

Lash LaRue

as Circus Club Waiter / Henchman

Jane Adams

as Circus Club Photographer

Thurston Hall

as Josiah Waring

Ben Carter

as Maxwell

Mabel Forrest

as Wife

Barbara Bates

as Hat Check Girl

Chester Clute

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

Joseph Crehan

as Train passenger (uncredited)