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Lady in the Lake

Lady in the Lake

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1946
1h 45m
6.1(115 votes)
Mystery
Thriller
Crime

Overview

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.

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