Lady in the Lake

Robert Montgomery stars as private eye Philip Marlowe in this 1946 film adaptation of a classic LA crime novel by writer Raymond Chandler. Famed femme-fatale Audrey Totter co-stars. Lloyd Nolan, Tom Tully, and Jayne Meadows are featured. Meadows was the sister of Audrey Meadows, Ralph Kramdon's wife in TV's The Honeymooners. 105m. CC.

Montgomery also directed this film in an innovative style that puts the viewer into the action. We see everything through Marlowe's eyes, and despite his star status, Montgomery only is seen in a brief intro and outro, and in some mirror images.

Since he is rarely seen, it is difficult to rate Montgomery's performance. But Totter and the others, faced with the difficult task of playing off the camera and not other actors, are especially good. ###  

Audrey Totter and Robert Montgomery