The Notorious Landlady (1962)
An American junior diplomat in London rents a house from, and falls in love with, a woman suspected of murder.
Top billed cast
Kim NovakCarly Hardwicke
Jack LemmonBill Gridley
Fred AstaireFranklyn Ambruster
Lionel JeffriesInspector Oliphant
Estelle WinwoodMrs. Dunhill
Maxwell ReedMiles Hardwicke
Philippa BevansAgatha Brown
Henry DaniellStranger
Ronald LongCoroner
Richard PeelDillings
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