Lady in the Lake Movie Review 1946

Why is it everyone wants to get artsy with pulp fiction? Actor Montgomery directs himself in this Philip Marlowe go-round, using a subjective camera style to imitate Chandler's first person narrative (that means the only time we get to see Marlowe/Montgomery's mug is in a mirror. That pretty well says it all). Having decided to give up eyeing privately, Marlowe turns to the pen to tell the tangled tale of the lady in the lake: once upon a time, a detective was hired to find the wicked wife of a paying client. . .Some find the direction clever. Others consider MGM chief Louis B. Mayer, who made sure this was Montgomery's last project with MGM, to be a wise man.

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Available on VHS
Running time 103 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Private Eyes, Books to Film: Raymond Chandler, Film Noir

Cast

Robert Montgomery, Lloyd Nolan, Audrey Totter, Tom Tully, Leon Ames, Jayne Meadows

Cinematography

Paul Vogel

Director

Robert Montgomery

Producer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures