# Phantom Lady (1944)

> A shadow-drenched noir mystery follows a secretary racing through a hostile city to rescue her wrongly imprisoned employer from a murder charge built around an impossible alibi.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/23857

## Facts

- Runtime: 87 min
- Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Crime
- Director: Robert Siodmak
- Cast: Franchot Tone, Ella Raines, Alan Curtis, Aurora Miranda, Thomas Gomez, Fay Helm, Elisha Cook Jr., Andrew Tombes
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036260/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: shadowy, paranoid, macabre, classic noir night, mystery movie marathon

## Synopsis

A man’s night of chance leads to a nightmare of accusations and despair.

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