All All. Sign In. User reviews. Hide spoilers. An all-grown-up Deanna Durbin in a fun murder mystery Of course the plot is manipulated to make time for a couple of songs, including Cole Porter's "Night and Day," when she has to pretend she's a night club singer during her investigation. The film begins while her train is pulling into New York, and during a brief pause before continuing to Grand Central Station it pauses long enough for her to see a murder being committed in a warehouse window across the tracks.
Naturally since she's been reading a murder mystery, so nobody believes she saw a real murder, so she tries to enlist the author of her book to help her solve the crime. Somehow she stumbles into the reading of the will for the dead man and is mistaken for his nightclub mistress, who is the sole heir. It's too bad Durbin did not continue her career, as she does a great job playing an adult role with a winning blend of comedy, drama, romance and still a bit of music.
AlsExGal Oct 3, Permalink. Great cast and very entertaining. The film is directed by Durbin's future husband, Charles David. On the train en route to Grand Central, she looks out the window and sees the murder of an old man. Determined to investigate, she appeals to the mystery writer whose novel she was reading Bruce. She nearly wrecks his life. Meanwhile, her father's assistant Horton can never find her.
Nikki finds herself involved with the victim's money-grubbing family and puts herself in danger. A screwball comedy with the delightful Durbin doing a great job, singing like a dream, and looking fabulous. It's very slight but fun and directed by David with a good pace. The child Durbin was a little manic for me, but I love her adult work. Plus, she had possibly the best voice and best trained voice in films. The rest of the cast is wonderful, particularly David Bruce as the hapless author.
Durbin was smart to retire while at the top, though with the coming musicals of the '50s, I'm sure her star would have risen even higher. In many hearts, 60 years later, she's still a star. Good fun for a snowy evening! This was the first Deanna Durbin film I've seen, and while it's much different than her other films, it seems a great place to start!
