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August 31

Looking for the name of an old movie

I'm looking for the name of a B&W murder mystery movie that I saw on cable back in the 90s (probably AMC) but I don't remember the names of any of the actors and only the vague outline of the plot. I remember the channel host referring to the female lead as "a daffy Nancy Drew" and apparently having her sing three songs was a standard feature of her films. As I remember it, the girl was arriving by train to a city and witnesses a murder in a building alongside the tracks. She keeps pestering a novelist for help and a pair of bloodstained slippers was a key clue. The movie took place around Christmas time, so one song was some kind of Christmas carol; the other two songs took place in a nightclub. For the ending, some guy took the girl to a warehouse, the girl ran off with the guy's brother, thinking that he was the murderer. Only for the other brother to turn out to actually be the murderer. The first brother managed to save the girl, the novelist burst in to mess things up, then the police arrived to save everyone. 76.7.206.70 (talk) 23:54, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Try Lady on a Train, starring Deanna Durbin. (First hit from googling "In what movie is a murder seen from a train?") {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.1.209.45 (talk) 01:26, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's the movie I was looking for. Thank you. 76.7.206.70 (talk) 01:23, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]