Lady in the Lake

Lady in the Lake

You and Robert Montgomery Solve a Murder Mystery Together!

Directed by Robert Montgomery

Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

1946105 min6.1 / 10

A classic film noir whodunit that uses innovative first-person camera work to immerse viewers in a detective's investigation through a morally murky urban landscape.

Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to locate the missing wife of her boss, Mr. Kingsby. The assignment quickly becomes complicated when bodies start turning up.

Questions people ask

  • Is Lady in the Lake scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.

  • Does Lady in the Lake end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Lady in the Lake sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

  • Is Lady in the Lake easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is Lady in the Lake violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

27/ 100

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Love25

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