LADY ON A TRAIN

Lady on a Train
Universal, 1945, B/W, 95 minutes, ***
Released August, 1945

Fun comic mystery with a bit of music in it. While riding on a train through New York City, Nikki (Deanna Durbin) sees a murder take place through the window of a building next to the tracks. She reports the crime to the police, but they seem totally unimpressed, so she takes it on herself to investigate the crime. Of course she gets into all kinds of trouble and tangles things all up, but she does solve the crime in the end. During her investigation she interrogates a nightclub singer and ends up taking her place on stage and singing Cole Porter's "Night and Day" and a sultry rendition of "Give Me a Little Kiss."
Produced by: Felix Jackson
Associate Producer: Howard Christie
Directed by: Charles David
Assistant Director: William Holland
Screenplay by: Edmund Beloin and Robert O'Brien
Original Story by: Leslie Charteris
Musical Score: Miklos Rozsa
Musical Direction for Miss Durbin: Edgar Fairchild
"Silent Night," "Give Me a Little Kiss" by Roy Turk, Jack Smith and Maceo Pinkard
"Night and Day" by Cole Porter
Art Direction: John B. Goodman, Robert Clatworthy
Set Decorations: Russell A. Gausman
Costume Design: Howard Greer
Director of Sound: Bernard B. Brown
Technician: Joe Lapis
Director of Photography: Woody Bredell
Special Photography by: John P. Fulton
Film Editor: Ted J. Kent

Awards: Academy Award nomination for Best Sound Recording

Cast: Deanna Durbin [Nikki Collins], Ralph Bellamy [Jonathan], David Bruce [Wayne Morgan], George Coulouris [Mr. Saunders], Allen Jenkins [Danny], Dan Duryea [Arnold], Edward Everett Horton [Mr. Haskell], Jacqueline de Wit [Miss Fletcher], Patricia Morison [Joyce], Elizabeth Patterson [Aunt Charlotte], Maria Palmer [Margo], Samuel S. Hinds [Mr. Wiggam], William Frawley [Sgt. Christie], Additional Cast: Thurston Hall [Josiah Waring], Clyde Fillmore [Cousin], Ben Carter [Maxwell], Mary Forbes, Sarah Edwards [Cousins], Nora Cecil [Woman with Umbrella], Hobart Cavanaugh [Drunk], Al "Lash" La Rue [Waiter], Jane Adams, Kathleen O'Malley [Photographera], Jean Trent, Barbara Bates [Hatcheck Girls], Karen Randle [Cigarette Girl], Tom Dugan [Turnkey], Addison Richards [Captain], Joseph Crehan [Mr. Smith], Chester Clute [Conductor], Ralph Peters [Taxi Driver], Charles Cane [New York Policeman], Andre Charlot [Man with Carnation], Eddie Bruce [Reporter], George J. Lewis, Charles Sherlock, Bert Moorhouse [Reporters], Eddie Acuff [New York Cab Driver], Alice Fleming [Mrs. Brown], Eddy Waller [Mr. Brown], Eddie Dunn [Clerk], Jack Norton [Santa Claus], Matt McHugh [Drunk], George Chandler [Customer], Charles Deschamps [Hairdresser], Bert Roach [Fat Man], Robert Dudley [Honeywell], George Lloyd, Al Ferguson [Workmen], Eddie Bartell [Sound Track], Mabel Forrest [Wife], Sam McDaniel, Ernest Anderson [Doormen], Dick Hirbe [Newsboy], Ethel May Halls [Haughty Woman]

Musical Program: [0:40] Silent Night (sung by Deanna Durbin); [0:46] unidentified instrumental (played by Orchestra, danced by Chorus Girls at Circus Club nightclub); [0:52] Give Me a Little Kiss (sung sultry style by Deanna Durbin at the Circus Club); [1:07] Night and Day (sung by Deanna Durbin at the Circus Club)