Saturday 28 August 2010

Lady on a Train

Movie Review: Lady on a Train (**1/2 out of 4 stars)

Year of Release: 1945
Country of Origin: USA
Director: Charles David
Cast: Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, David Bruce

Plot outline: A young woman, witnessing a murder from a train, enlists a mystery writer to help her solve a murder when the corpse vanishes (IMDb).

The story (**1/2)
How the story unfolds (**1/2 the story remains bubbly until the dark moments when Durbin is cornered by the killer)
The characters (**)
The acting (** Durbin gets a chance to belt out a few tunes, and does a touching version of "Silent Night" and a steamy nightclub number "Gimme a Little Kiss, Will You Huh?")

Overall rating **1/2 out of 4 stars

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