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Lady in the Lake

1946 · 105 min · Director: Robert Montgomery ★ IMDb 6.5 · 7,204 ratings

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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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Lady in the Lake (1946) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Curiosity 30%, Anxiety 25%, Confusion 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Curiosity, Anxiety, Confusion. Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Crime. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Curiosity, Anxiety and Confusion. Its IMDb rating of 6.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 67/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Curiosity
  • Tension
  • Sympathy

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Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Love

Curiosity
Tension
Sympathy
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 83 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityCuriosityTensionSympathy
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity42 %45 %15 %5 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Curiosity45 %48 %18 %5 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Curiosity49 %49 %28 %9 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Tension51 %48 %40 %19 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Curiosity51 %50 %43 %23 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Curiosity48 %49 %38 %14 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Humor49 %49 %40 %8 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Curiosity54 %55 %45 %15 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Curiosity56 %57 %48 %25 %
47.5 %≈ 50′Curiosity57 %60 %51 %23 %
52.5 %≈ 55′Curiosity55 %63 %48 %18 %
57.5 %≈ 60′Curiosity57 %60 %48 %30 %
62.5 %≈ 66′Sympathy63 %50 %54 %48 %
67.5 %≈ 71′Tension60 %38 %48 %46 %
72.5 %≈ 76′Love59 %30 %33 %35 %
77.5 %≈ 81′Love63 %35 %34 %26 %
82.5 %≈ 87′Tension71 %56 %59 %24 %
87.5 %≈ 92′Tension83 %69 %81 %31 %
92.5 %≈ 97′Tension88 %63 %88 %42 %
97.5 %≈ 102′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

AT
Audrey Totter

LN
Lloyd Nolan

Lieutenant DeGarmot

Leon Ames

Derace Kingsby

JM
Jayne Meadows

JM
Jayne Meadows

Mildred Haveland

DS
Dick Simmons

LL
Lila Leeds

WR
William Roberts

Artist

KL
Kathleen Lockhart

Mrs. Grayson

EM
Ellay Mort

Crystal

ER
Ellen Ross

Elevator Girl (Uncredited)

EA
Eddie Acuff

Ed, Coroner (Uncredited)

CB
Charles Bradstreet

Party Guest (Uncredited)

DC
David Cavendish

Party Guest (Uncredited)

WC
Wheaton Chambers

Property Clerk (Uncredited)

RC
Roger Cole

Party Guest (Uncredited)

FD
Frank Dae

Party Guest (Uncredited)

JD
Jack Davis

Policeman (Uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Robert Montgomery
Written by
Raymond Chandler, Steve Fisher
Type
Movies
Released
1946
Runtime
105 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.5 · 7,204 ratings
Feels mostly
Curiosity
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