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Lady in the Lake
Starring: Leon Ames, Morris Ankrum Rating
  2.7 out of 5 stars 14 customer reviews (14 customer reviews)  

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Product Details
  • Actors: Leon Ames, Morris Ankrum, Jack Davis, Budd Fine, Ann Lawrence
  • Format: Black & White, NTSC
  • Language: English
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  • Number of tapes: 1
  • Studio: MGM (Warner)
  • VHS Release Date: September 1, 1998
  • Run Time: 104 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars 14 customer reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: 6302121620
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #22,545 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars "Why don't you just look beautiful? Quit worryin about guns", April 7, 2005
By Dave (Tennessee United States) - See all my reviews
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"Lady in the Lake" remains a unique experience for film noir buffs, but there's good reason why the bold camera technique didn't become popular in Hollywood. The whole idea of shooting the film in subjective camera (where everything that happens is played from and to one point-of-view as it'd be in one's own experience in real life) was Robert Montgomery's, who was the star and director of the Philip Marlowe mystery.

Montgomery is Philip Marlowe, who is hired by pulp magazine publisher Adrienne Fromsett (played by Audrey Totter) to find a missing person. But, as usual nothing goes as planned and in no time at all Marlowe finds himself framed for murder. Beatings, murder, and plenty of sarcastic humor is the result!

The sharp, hard-boiled dialogue written by Steve Fisher works well, but Robert Montgomery just doesn't seem right in the role of Marlowe, and Audrey Totter seems to relish her closeups and facial expressions a little too much. The camera technique, while bold and unique, grows old very quickly and ultimately makes the film less enjoyable. The technique was used to far greater effect in the classic film noir "Dark Passage". It's worth watching at least once if you're a film noir fanatic like me, but I don't think it's worth owning.
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13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars The "Lady" and the Story Seem A little Wet, June 2, 2004
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