The read
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes71%
Metacritic48/100
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
53 audience votes
Key crew
- Miklós RózsaOriginal Music Composer
- Charles DavidDirector
- Edmund BeloinScreenplay
- Robert O'BrienScreenplay
Cast
- Deanna DurbinNikki Collins / Margo Martin
- Ralph BellamyJonathan Waring
- David BruceWayne Morgan
- George CoulourisMr. Saunders, Circus Club Manager
- Allen JenkinsDanny (Waring chauffeur)
- Dan DuryeaArnold Waring
- Edward Everett HortonMr. Haskell
- Patricia MorisonJoyce Willams, Morgan's Girl
- Maria PalmerMargo Martin, Circus Club Singer
- Elizabeth PattersonAunt Charlotte Waring
- Samuel S. HindsMr. Wiggam, Waring Lawyer
- William FrawleyDesk Sgt. Brennan
Stills
Themes
film noirmurderinheritancetrainwitness to murderheiressmadcap comedycrime fiction writermystery