Phantom Lady Movie Review 1944

After an argument with his wife Scott Henderson (Curtis) walks into a bar and chats up a mystery woman (Helm). When he returns home, the police are there and his wife has been strangled with his necktie. Since he doesn't know his bar mate's name and no one professes to remember her, Scott is quickly convicted of the crime. Only his loyal secretary Carol (Raines) believes him and she sets out to solve the crime. Based on the novel by Cornell Woolrich.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 87 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Film Noir, Crime Drama, The Wrong Man, Frame-Ups, Books to Film: Cornell Woolrich

Screenplay

Bernard C. Schoenfeld

Cast

Ella Raines, Alan Curtis, Franchot Tone, Thomas Gomez, Elisha Cook, Fay Helm, Aurora Miranda, Andrew Tombes, Regis Toomey, Joseph Crehan, Virginia Brissac, Milburn Stone

Cinematography

Elwood "Woody" Bredell

Director

Robert Siodmak

Producer

Joan Harrison, Universal Pictures