La Dame du lac
Lady in the Lake
Hollywood, années 1940. Le détective Philip Marlowe est chargé par Derace Kingsley de retrouver sa femme. Elle lui a envoyé un télégramme un mois auparavant pour lui annoncer qu'elle partait au Mexique épouser un certain Chris Lavery. Or Kingsley a rencontré Lavery quelques jours auparavant à Hollywood et il semble tout ignorer de ce voyage. Marlowe part enquêter dans la résidence secondaire des Kingsley où Chrystal Kingsley a été vue pour la dernière fois. Il va y trouver un premier cadavre dans le lac.
- Budget
- $1,026,000
- Recettes
- $2,657,000
- Statut
- Released
Robert Montgomery
— Phillip Marlowe
Audrey Totter
— Adrienne Fromsett
Lloyd Nolan
— Lieutenant DeGarmot
Tom Tully
— Captain Kane
Leon Ames
— Derace Kingsby
Jayne Meadows
— Mildred Haveland
Dick Simmons
— Chris Lavery
Morris Ankrum
— Eugene Grayson
Lila Leeds
— Receptionist
William Roberts
— Artist
Kathleen Lockhart
— Mrs. Grayson
Ellay Mort
— Crystal
Ellen Ross
— Elevator Girl (Uncredited)
Eddie Acuff
— Ed, Coroner (Uncredited)
Charles Bradstreet
— Party Guest (Uncredited)
David Cavendish
— Party Guest (Uncredited)
Wheaton Chambers
— Property Clerk (Uncredited)
Roger Cole
— Party Guest (Uncredited)
Frank Dae
— Party Guest (Uncredited)
Jack Davis
— Policeman (Uncredited)
John Webb Dillion
— Policeman (Uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
— Sergeant (Uncredited)
Budd Fine
— Policeman (Uncredited)
John Gallaudet
— Policeman (Uncredited)
Nina Garson
— Party Guest (Uncredited)
Sherry Hall
— Party Guest (Uncredited)
Cy Kendall
— Jailer (Uncredited)
Ann Lawrence
— Party Guest (Uncredited)
George Magrill
— Policeman (Uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
— Party Guest (Uncredited)