The lady editor of a crime magazine hires Philip Marlowe to find the wife of her boss. The private detective soon finds himself involved in murder.
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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Robert Montgomery | ... | Phillip Marlowe | |
| Audrey Totter | ... | Adrienne Fromsett | |
| Lloyd Nolan | ... | Lt. DeGarmot | |
| Tom Tully | ... | Capt. Kane | |
| Leon Ames | ... | Derace Kingsby | |
| Jayne Meadows | ... | Mildred Havelend | |
| Dick Simmons | ... | Chris Lavery | |
| Morris Ankrum | ... | Eugene Grayson | |
| Lila Leeds | ... | Receptionist | |
| William Roberts | ... | Artist | |
| Kathleen Lockhart | ... | Mrs. Grayson | |
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Ellay Mort | ... | Chrystal Kingsby |
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The camera shows Phillip Marlowe's view from the first-person in this adaptation of Raymond Chandler's book. The detective is hired to find a publisher's wife, who is supposed to have run off to Mexico. But the case soon becomes much more complicated as people are murdered. Written by Ken Yousten <kyousten@bev.net>
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murder | private detective | philip marlowe | gold digger | extramarital affair |Taglines:
M*G*M presents a Revolutionary motion picture; the most amazing since Talkies began! YOU and ROBERT MONTGOMERY solve a murder mystery together! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
24 January 1947 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Dama do Lago See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USAEdit
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Budget:
$1,026,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$1,812,000, 31 December 1947Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$2,657,000, 31 December 1947Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Philip Marlowe: Why don't you print a few?
Adrienne Fromsett: They aren't all as emotional as yours.
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The entire movie plot unfolds from lead Robert Montgomery's point of view, thus creating a rarity in film: the principal character is only seen on-screen as a reflection in mirrors and windows, and as the narrator speaking directly to the audience. See more »Goofs
In the scene where Adrienne is taking care of Marlowe after the car crash, she hands him a mirror so he can see his injuries. As he is putting the mirror down, you can clearly see the face of a stage hand in the mirror. See more »Quotes
Adrienne Fromsett: We get hundreds of authentic cases submitted to us every week.Philip Marlowe: Why don't you print a few?
Adrienne Fromsett: They aren't all as emotional as yours.
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SPOILER! In the opening credits Crystal Kingsby is written as being played by Ellay Mort, the phonetic spelling for 'elle est morte', French for 'she is dead' See more »Soundtracks
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen(uncredited)
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The first-person perspective could be viewed as a brave experiment or a case-study of why nobody EVER makes movies this way. Three points:
1) In a movie, we like to see the main character reacting.
2) Actors look self-conscious when endlessly talking to a camera.
3) The lack of edits makes many scenes tedious.
Still, you can admire how hard all this was to stage and shoot, in a age when cameras weighed a ton, made too much noise and nobody owned a Steadicam. Reminds me of the kind of crazy gimmicks Hitchcock sometimes tried but Hitch would have never let the train go this far off the tracks.