A devoted secretary risks her life to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his selfish wife.A devoted secretary risks her life to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his selfish wife.A devoted secretary risks her life to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his selfish wife.
Aurora Miranda
- Estela Monteiro
- (as Aurora)
Harry Adams
- Courtroom Spectator
- (uncredited)
Robert Bain
- Guitarist
- (uncredited)
Joan Bayley
- Dancer
- (uncredited)
Brandon Beach
- Theatre Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
- Theatre Party Guest
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaThe elusive phantom lady being sought by Carol "Kansas" Richman (Ella Raines), is repeatedly referenced as "Miss Terry" (i.e., "mystery").
- GoofsCliff's (Elisha Cook Jr.) "drumming" at no time matches the drums on the soundtrack.
- Quotes
Cliff: You and I are going to have fun tonight, Jeannie! You like jive?
Carol Richman: You bet! I'm a hep kitten!
- ConnectionsFeatured in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: A Night at the Movies (2003)
- SoundtracksI'll Remember April
(uncredited)
Music by Gene de Paul
Lyrics by Patricia Johnston & Don Raye
[played during opening credits and throughout the movie]
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This isn't the best film noir but in a way it's quintessential in this way: I saw this years ago, and I have such a hazy memory that it's almost like I didn't see it... I think (?) It's the kind of movie I used to throw on really late at night like at 2 AM and I might watch all of it or some of it and then the rest the next day, and it has the kind of film noir plot and execution that it blends into many other film noirs. I don't mean to say that as a put down or to its detriment, but this fits so well into how this mood and feel work involving murder and a woman-who-wasn't-there (or seemingly never was) and a mystery to find the missing woman and all of the twists and turns therein.
It might be because it doesn't have the top shelf cast of some of the other movies of the period - there's no Barbara Stanwyck or Robert Mitchum or Edward G Robinson or Burt Lancaster or Glenn Ford or the list goes on - and yet I don't remember anyone here being so bad or off-putting that I had to turn it off or felt like I didn't get my VHS rental's worth. Siodmak's a quality director, and this is clearly the forerunner to what he would perfect with The Killers and Criss Cross. I'm sure I should see it again so I can solidify my opinion of it, but in a way I think it's fitting that it's half-forgotten - it's almost like the way that the characters find themselves in this story, a mystery to track down something buried away and not wanting to be found.
Or something.
It might be because it doesn't have the top shelf cast of some of the other movies of the period - there's no Barbara Stanwyck or Robert Mitchum or Edward G Robinson or Burt Lancaster or Glenn Ford or the list goes on - and yet I don't remember anyone here being so bad or off-putting that I had to turn it off or felt like I didn't get my VHS rental's worth. Siodmak's a quality director, and this is clearly the forerunner to what he would perfect with The Killers and Criss Cross. I'm sure I should see it again so I can solidify my opinion of it, but in a way I think it's fitting that it's half-forgotten - it's almost like the way that the characters find themselves in this story, a mystery to track down something buried away and not wanting to be found.
Or something.
- Quinoa1984
- May 14, 2016
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- La dama fantasma
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- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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