The Notorious Landlady

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The Notorious Landlady

"Did she...or did she?"

1962

2h 3m

6.7(52 votes)

Comedy

Mystery

Overview

An American junior diplomat in London rents a house from, and falls in love with, a woman suspected of murder.

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Cast & Crew

91 members

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Kim Novak

Carly Hardwicke

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Jack Lemmon

Bill Gridley

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Fred Astaire

Franklyn Ambruster

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Lionel Jeffries

Inspector Oliphant

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Estelle Winwood

Mrs. Dunhill

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Maxwell Reed

Miles Hardwicke

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Philippa Bevans

Agatha Brown

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Henry Daniell

Stranger

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Ronald Long

Coroner

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Richard Peel

Dillings

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Doris Lloyd

Lady Fallott

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Bess Flowers

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Leoda Richards

Trial Spectator (uncredited)

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Iris Bristol

Agatha (uncredited)

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Leon Alton

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Al Bain

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Frank Baker

Bar Patron (uncredited)

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Brandon Beach

Juror (uncredited)

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Marjorie Bennett

Autograph Seeker (uncredited)

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Barry Bernard

Attendant (uncredited)

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Paul Bradley

Lamplighter Patron (uncredited)

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Production

Ross Brown

Boy (uncredited)

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William Burnside

Bar Patron (uncredited)

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Boyd Cabeen

Lamplighter Patron (uncredited)

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Charles Cirillo

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Laurence Conroy

Clerk (uncredited)

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Paul Cristo

Lamplighter Patron (uncredited)

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Dick Crockett

Detective Carstairs (uncredited)

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Ogden Dangerfield

Reporter (uncredited)

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Scott Davey

Henry (uncredited)

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Carter DeHaven

Old Man (uncredited)

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Harry Denny

Lamplighter Patron (uncredited)

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George DeNormand

Neighbor (uncredited)

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Tom Dillon

Coroner's Official (uncredited)

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Minta Durfee

Juror (uncredited)

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Anthony Eustrel

Man (uncredited)

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Joe Evans

Waiter (uncredited)

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Betty Fairfax

Woman in Bathrobe (uncredited)

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Alex Finlayson

Reporter (uncredited)

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Charles Fogel

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Raoul Freeman

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Brian Gaffikin

ATV Anchorman (uncredited)

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James Gonzalez

Bar Patron (uncredited)

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Clive Halliday

Man (uncredited)

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Jackson Halliday

Reporter (uncredited)

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Sam Harris

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Bryan Herbert

Claude - Husband & Father (uncredited)

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George Holmes

Bailiff (uncredited)

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Jimmie Horan

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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David Hughes

Old Man (uncredited)

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Harold Innocent

Young Escort (uncredited)

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John Uhler Lemmon II

Old Man in Wheelchair (uncredited)

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Queenie Leonard

Woman (uncredited)

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Jack Livesey

Counsel (uncredited)

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James Logan

Bobby (uncredited)

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Robert Locke Lorraine

Lamplighter Patron (uncredited)

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Murray Matheson

Neighbour (uncredited)

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Eric Micklewood

Man with a Hangover (uncredited)

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Harold Miller

Lamplighter Patron (uncredited)

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Clive Morgan

Man in Smoking Jacket (uncredited)

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Bru Mysak

Ambruster's Driver (uncredited)

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Mavis Neal Palmer

Woman (uncredited)

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Ottola Nesmith

Flower Woman (uncredited)

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Mary O'Brady

Mrs. Oliphant (uncredited)

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Monty O'Grady

Lamplighter Patron (uncredited)

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Tudor Owen

Farmer (uncredited)

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Joe Palma

Reporter (uncredited)

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Milton Parsons

Mysterious Man (uncredited)

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George Pelling

Ticket Agent (uncredited)

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Paul Power

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Fred Rapport

Juror (uncredited)

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Tony Regan

Charles - Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

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Clark Ross

Waiter (uncredited)

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John Roy

Bar Patron (uncredited)

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Mark Russell

Lamplighter Patron (uncredited)

Crew

Benno Schneider

Man (uncredited)

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Julie Scott

Floosy (uncredited)

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Mary Scott

Waitress (uncredited)

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Mabel Smaney

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Jacqueline Square

Woman Reporter (uncredited)

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Michael St. Clair

Fire Chief (uncredited)

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Martin Strader

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Camera

Tom Symonds

Alf (uncredited)

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Towyna Thomas

Dowager (uncredited)

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Arthur Tovey

Lamplighter Patron (uncredited)

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Cicely Walper

Woman (uncredited)

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Gwendolyn Watts

Wife (uncredited)

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Nelson Welch

Old Man (uncredited)

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Cecil Weston

Woman (uncredited)

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Frederick Worlock

Elderly Colonel (uncredited)

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Florence Wyatt

Ambruster's Secretary (uncredited)

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