Lady Murderess in a fedora.

[Dated Guy]

There was a film, possibly 1940's in which, during the last scenes, a female wearing a raincoat and a Fedora hat, attempts to kill someone with a knife. A hand grasps her arm and the hat is removed or falls off, her blonde hair cascades down. That image just sticks in my memory and I haven't a clue what the film title is, or anything else for that matter... I thought it might be 'The Blue Dahlia' but no it isn't..... !! [huh]

Anybody please help me sleep nights again... ??

 

[Blackthorn]

Scratching my head here...but I think it was one of the Thin Man movies. Not the first one...Not the Thin Man Goes Home, nor Song of the Thin Man, but one of the other two.

 

[Benzadmiral]

Scratching my head here...but I think it was one of the Thin Man movies. Not the first one...Not the Thin Man Goes Home, nor Song of the Thin Man, but one of the other two.

I don't think it was After the Thin Man, the first sequel; I've seen that one (and it's dynamite).

 

[Stanley Doble]

I know the Thin Man series and don't recall anything like that.

 

[Blackthorn]

I may be wrong about it being the Thin Man (but I'm still thinking it was one of them...) but I'm sure there was one William Powell movie where the killer was a man dressed as a woman...okay, I think I'm going down the wrong track, with regard to the original question.

 

[Stanley Doble]

Powell did several murder mysteries outside the Thin Man series.

 

[Benzadmiral]

Powell did several murder mysteries outside the Thin Man series.

I haven't looked it up -- but didn't he also play Philo Vance in one or more movie adaptations?

 

[Blackthorn]

I haven't looked it up -- but didn't he also play Philo Vance in one or more movie adaptations?

Yes indeed. I think half of Hollywood played that character.

 

[cigar joe]

Jayne Meadows in The Lady In The Lake (1947) is in that getup.