Lady on a Train

Lady on a Train is a black-and-white comedy shot in film noir style. The film, starring Deanna Durbin, was directed by Durbin's future third husband Charles David. The film's music score was by Miklós Rózsa. Durbin sings the standards "Silent Night" and "Night and Day." The comedy, musical and film noir seems to be a spoof on Cornell Woolrich mystery stories that were popular at the time. Future cowboy star Lash La Rue has a small part playing a waiter at the Circus Club.

Related Topics:
Black-and-white - Film noir - Deanna Durbin - Miklós Rózsa - Silent Night - Night and Day - Cornell Woolrich - Lash La Rue

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A woman witnesses a murder while peaking into a buildings window while driving by on a train. No one believes her, when Nikki goes to the police. Instead they think that her story is simply the product of an overactive imagination. Nikki approaches mystery writer Wayne Morgan (David Bruce) to help solve the mystery.

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• 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
• Dan Duryea as Arnold Waring