La Dame du lac (1946)
Lady in the Lake
Réalisateur : Robert Montgomery
Scénaristes : Raymond Chandler, Steve Fisher, Raymond Chandler
Genres : Mystère, Thriller, Crime
105 minutes
Status : Released
Budget : 1 026 000 $
Langue : English
Pays : United States of America
Société de production : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Synopsis
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.
- 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)
- Sandra Morgan - Party Guest (Uncredited)
- Thomas Murray - Policeman (Uncredited)
- William Newell - Drunk (Uncredited)
- James Nolan - Party Guest (Uncredited)
- William O'Leary - Party Guest (Uncredited)
- Frank Orth - Floyd Greer (Uncredited)
- William McKeever Riley - Buster (Uncredited)
- Fred Santley - Charlie (Uncredited)
- Fred Sherman - Reporter (Uncredited)
- Florence Stephens - Party Guest (Uncredited)
- George Travell - Party Guest (Uncredited)
- Laura Treadwell - Party Guest (Uncredited)
- Kay Wiley - Party Guest (Uncredited)
- Robert B. Williams - Detective (Uncredited)
