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Summary

While watching from her train window, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building. When she alerts the police, they think she has read one too many mystery novels. She then enlists a popular mystery writer to help her solve the crime on her own, but her sleuthing attracts the attentions of suitors and killers.

Details

Release Date: August 3, 1945

Runtime: 94 minutes

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller

Rating: ⭐ 6.6/10 (52 votes)

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Cast

  • Deanna Durbin

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    Nikki Collins / Margo Martin

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  • David Bruce

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    Wayne Morgan

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    Danny (Waring chauffeur)

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    Arnold Waring

  • Edward Everett Horton

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    Mr. Haskell

  • Patricia Morison

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    Joyce Willams, Morgan's Girl

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    Margo Martin, Circus Club Singer

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    Aunt Charlotte Waring

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    Mr. Wiggam, Waring Lawyer

  • William Frawley

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    Desk Sgt. Brennan

  • Jacqueline deWit

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    Miss Fletcher, Morgan's Secretary

  • Lash LaRue

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    Circus Club Waiter / Henchman

  • Jane Adams

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    Circus Club Photographer

  • Thurston Hall

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    Josiah Waring

  • Ben Carter

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    Maxwell

  • Mabel Forrest

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    Wife

  • Barbara Bates

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    Hat Check Girl

  • Chester Clute

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    Train Conductor (uncredited)

  • Joseph Crehan

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    Train passenger (uncredited)

  • Fred Aldrich

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  • Ernest Anderson

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  • Bobby Barber

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  • Eddie Bruce

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  • Charles Cane

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  • Nora Cecil

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  • Charles Dechamps

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  • Robert Dudley

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  • Tom Dugan

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  • Eddie Dunn

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  • Jay Eaton

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  • Sarah Edwards

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  • Franklyn Farnum

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  • Al Ferguson

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  • Clyde Fillmore

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  • Mary Forbes

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  • Stuart Holmes

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  • Jack W. Johnston

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  • Mike Lally

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  • Ethelreda Leopold

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  • George Lloyd

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  • Lock Martin

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  • William H. O'Brien

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  • Karen Randle

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  • Bob Reeves

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  • Addison Richards

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  • Cyril Ring

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  • Bert Roach

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  • Jeffrey Sayre

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  • Charles Sherlock

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  • Leo White

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  • Florence Wix

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