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About
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.
Theatrical
Aug 17, 1945
DVD / Blu-ray
Oct 11, 2022
Director
Writers
Producer
Music
Studio
Universal Pictures
Cast
Full credits →D
Deanna Durbin
Nikki Collins / Margo Martin
R
Ralph Bellamy
Jonathan Waring
D
David Bruce
Wayne Morgan
G
George Coulouris
Mr. Saunders, Circus Club Manager
A
Allen Jenkins
Danny (Waring chauffeur)
D
Dan Duryea
Arnold Waring
E
Edward Everett Horton
Mr. Haskell
P
Patricia Morison
Joyce Willams, Morgan's Girl
M
Maria Palmer
Margo Martin, Circus Club Singer
E
Elizabeth Patterson
Aunt Charlotte Waring
S
Samuel S. Hinds
Mr. Wiggam, Waring Lawyer
W
William Frawley
Desk Sgt. Brennan
J
Jacqueline deWit
Miss Fletcher, Morgan's Secretary
L
Lash LaRue
Circus Club Waiter / Henchman
J
Jane Adams
Circus Club Photographer
T
Thurston Hall
Josiah Waring
B
Ben Carter
Maxwell
M
Mabel Forrest
Wife
B
Barbara Bates
Hat Check Girl
C
Chester Clute
Train Conductor (uncredited)
