Lady in the Lake (1946) Reviews & Ratings

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Lady in the Lake reviews

Lady in the Lake holds a 6.1/10 average from 117 TMDB ratings.

If I should die before I live! Lady in the Lake is directed by Robert Montgomery and adapted to the screen by Steve Fisher from the novel The Lady in the Lake written by Raymond Chandler. It stars Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan, Tom Tully, Leon Ames and Jayne Meadows. Music is by David Snell and cinematography by Paul Vogel. It's the Christmas Holidays and private detective and part time writer Phillip Marlo…
— John Chard (7/10)

Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to locate the missing wife of her boss, Mr. Kingsby. The assignment quickly becomes complicated when bodies start turning up.

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