Category: Comedy
All Genres: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Release Year: 1934
Country: USA
Runtime: 93
Rating: 6.6 (0)
Languages: English
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Sound: Mono
Taglines:

A laugh tops every thrilling moment!

Writing by: Albert Hackett - (screenplay) and
Frances Goodrich - (screenplay)
Dashiell Hammett - (novel)

Produced by: Hunt Stromberg - producer

Cast: William Powell - Nick
Myrna Loy - Nora
Maureen OSullivan - Dorothy
Nat Pendleton - Guild
Minna Gombell - Mimi
Porter Hall - MacCaulay
Henry Wadsworth - Tommy
William Henry - Gilbert
Harold Huber - Nunheim
Cesar Romero - Chris
Natalie Moorhead - Julia Wolf

Music: William Axt
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Plot Outline: Comedy-mystery featuring Nick and Nora Charles: a former detective and his rich, playful wife. They solve a murder case mostly for the fun of it.
Plot: After a four year absence, one time detective Nick Charles returns to New York with his new wife Nora and their dog, Asta. Nick re-connects with many of his old cronies, several of whom are eccentric characters, to say the least. Hes also approached by Dorothy Wynant whose inventor father Clyde Wynant is suspected of murdering her step-mother. Her father had left on a planned trip some months before and she has had no contact with him. Nick isnt all that keen on resuming his former profession but egged-on by wife Nora, who thinks this all very exciting, he agrees to help out. He solves the case, announcing the identity of the killer at a dinner party for all of the suspects.

Crazy Credits: We know about 3 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
The Producers would like to thank all the fish who have taken part in this film. We hope that other fish will follow the example of those who have participated, so that, in future, fish all over the world will live together in harmony and understanding, and put aside their petty differences, cease pursuing and eating each other and live for a brighter, better future for all fish, and those who love them.

Goofs: We know about 2 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Continuity: At Nick and Noras apartment, Nora folds her arms in front of her. In the next shot, shes holding her hands behind her back.

Trivia: There are 12 entries in the trivia list - like these:

• Louis B. Mayer, head of MGM, originally was against the idea of Myrna Loy being cast in this picture but director W.S. Van Dyke wanted to use the stars of the movie Manhattan Melodrama (1934), William Powell and Myrna Loy. Mayer said that Powell was OK for the part since he had already played detectives in other films. Loy eventually got the part and made new image for herself.
• Lux Radio Theatre version starring Myrna Loy, William Powell, Porter Hall aired June 8, 1936.
• Film was shot only in about two weeks. Was originally said to be a "B" picture. First of six in The Thin Man series.

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