John Chard
Genre blender of considerable worth.
Lady on a Train is directed by Charles David and adapted to screenplay by Edmund Beloin and Robert OBrien from a Leslie Charteris story. It stars Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, David Bruce, George Coulouris, Allen Jenkins, Dan Duryea and Edward Everett Horton. Music is by Miklos Rozsa and cinematography by Woody Bredell.
Part murder mystery, part film noir, part comedy and part musical! And its a Christmas movie as well! Lady on a Train has a lot going on for sure. Its a fun packed little movie that gives Durbin full licence to show her various talents before she retired out of the limelight three years later. In main essence its the murder mystery aspect that drives the picture forward. Durbin pl...