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Phantom Lady

  • 19441944
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
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Alan Curtis, Aurora Miranda, Ella Raines, and Franchot Tone in Phantom Lady (1944)
A devoted secretary risks her life to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his selfish wife.
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A devoted secretary risks her life to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his selfish wife.A devoted secretary risks her life to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his selfish wife.A devoted secretary risks her life to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his selfish wife.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
5K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
28,708
1,012
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Robert Siodmak
    • Writers
      • Bernard C. Schoenfeld(screenplay)
      • Cornell Woolrich(based on the novel by)
    • Stars
      • Franchot Tone
      • Ella Raines
      • Alan Curtis
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Robert Siodmak
    • Writers
      • Bernard C. Schoenfeld(screenplay)
      • Cornell Woolrich(based on the novel by)
    • Stars
      • Franchot Tone
      • Ella Raines
      • Alan Curtis
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 82User reviews
    • 56Critic reviews

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    Trailer
    Trailer 1:34
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    Photos94

    Elisha Cook Jr. in Phantom Lady (1944)
    Thomas Gomez, Ella Raines, and Franchot Tone in Phantom Lady (1944)
    Elisha Cook Jr. and Ella Raines in Phantom Lady (1944)
    Alan Curtis and Ella Raines in Phantom Lady (1944)
    Ella Raines, Robert Siodmak, and Franchot Tone in Phantom Lady (1944)
    Alan Curtis and Ella Raines in Phantom Lady (1944)
    Ella Raines and Andrew Tombes in Phantom Lady (1944)
    Ella Raines and Franchot Tone in Phantom Lady (1944)
    Alan Curtis, Ella Raines, and Franchot Tone in Phantom Lady (1944)
    Ella Raines and Franchot Tone in Phantom Lady (1944)
    Alan Curtis and Ella Raines in Phantom Lady (1944)
    Ella Raines in Phantom Lady (1944)

    Top cast

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    Franchot Tone
    Franchot Tone
    • John 'Jack' Marlow
    Ella Raines
    Ella Raines
    • Carol Richman
    Alan Curtis
    Alan Curtis
    • Scott Henderson
    Aurora Miranda
    Aurora Miranda
    • Estela Monteiro
    • (as Aurora)
    Thomas Gomez
    Thomas Gomez
    • Inspector Burgess
    Fay Helm
    Fay Helm
    • Ann Terry
    Elisha Cook Jr.
    Elisha Cook Jr.
    • Cliff
    Andrew Tombes
    Andrew Tombes
    • Bartender
    Regis Toomey
    Regis Toomey
    • Detective
    Joseph Crehan
    Joseph Crehan
    • Detective
    Doris Lloyd
    Doris Lloyd
    • Kettisha
    Virginia Brissac
    Virginia Brissac
    • Dr. Chase
    Milburn Stone
    Milburn Stone
    • District Attorney
    • (voice)
    Harry Adams
    • Courtroom Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    Robert Bain
    Robert Bain
    • Guitarist
    • (uncredited)
    Joan Bayley
    • Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Brandon Beach
    • Theatre Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Brooks Benedict
    Brooks Benedict
    • Theatre Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Robert Siodmak
    • Writers
      • Bernard C. Schoenfeld(screenplay)
      • Cornell Woolrich(based on the novel by)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Although Franchot Tone is given top billing in this film, he does not appear for the first 45 minutes.
    • Goofs
      During an overhead shot in the sequence where Kansas trails the bartender through a deserted street after he gets off work, the actors are clearly connected waist-to-waist by a thin wire - most likely so that the actress stayed an exact number of feet behind the actor to ensure both were in focus during what was apparently a tricky camera set-up.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Scott Henderson: [Carol 'Kansas' Richman listens to a message left on a Dictaphone machine] Hello, Kansas. Renew my membership to the Architects and Engineers Association and call Mason and Follett, the contractors, and make an appointment with them for tomorrow morning.

      [Carol begins to hang up the Dictaphone's sound tube]

      Scott Henderson: Uh, uh, uh, don't hang up. You know you're having dinner with me tonight, and tomorrow night, and the next night, and then every night

      [the Dictaphone skips and repeats end of message]

      Scott Henderson: ... every night... every night... every night.

    • Connections
      Featured in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: A Night at the Movies (2003)
    • Soundtracks
      I'll Remember April
      (uncredited)

      Music by Gene de Paul

      Lyrics by Patricia Johnston & Don Raye

      [played during opening credits and throughout the movie]

    User reviews82

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    Top review
    10/10
    A Dark Treat
    Sadly not available on DVD as yet, but worth pursuing on TCM or VHS. A secretary believes her boss is wrongly accused of murder, and courageously takes on many dangerous characters in an effort to establish the truth. A movie with many twists and dark alleyways, none of which I will mention! The jazz band sequence where our heroine seeks the information about the killer, is one of the most erotic scenes in Hollywood history, despite being at very low budget and made during WWII in black and white. Despite the low budget - Long Island looks somewhat mountainous - this is a movie of original style and outstanding vision. Ella Raines was a great actress discovered by Howard Hawks who knew much about these matters, casting the feistiest women - Joanne Dru, Hepburn, Angie Dickinson, Lauren Bacall, Ann Sheridan - of their era. Robert Siodmak was of one of several German, Hungarian & Czech film-makers - Sirk, Wilder, Zinnemann, Lubitsch, Curtiz,Lang, etc - who émigrés relocated to Hollywood, and brought a highly original fresh vision with them. Sadly Ella Raines was never given such a great part again, and eventually ended up in poorly produced westerns.
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    5
    • manfromlaramie-1
    • Sep 3, 2005

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 28, 1944 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Portuguese
    • Also known as
      • Condemned to Hang
    • Filming locations
      • Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Universal Pictures
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 27 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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