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| William Powell | ... | ||
| Myrna Loy | ... | ||
| Keenan Wynn | ... | ||
| Dean Stockwell | ... | ||
| Phillip Reed | ... |
Tommy Edlon Drake
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| Patricia Morison | ... |
Phyllis Talbin
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| Leon Ames | ... |
Mitchell Talbin
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| Gloria Grahame | ... |
Fran Ledue Page
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| Jayne Meadows | ... |
Janet Thayar
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Bess Flowers | ... |
Jessica Thayar
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| Don Taylor | ... | ||
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Dr. Monolaw
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Bruce Cowling | ... |
Phil Orval Brant
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Connie Gilchrist | ... |
Bertha
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Nick and Nora Charles are asked by Phil Brant and Janet Thayar, who have just eloped, to help them after band leader Tommy Drake is killed at a society dance which Nick and Nora also attended. The police are looking to arrest Brant for the murder and while he claims he's innocent, Nick isn't too keen on having him in the house and turns him over to the police. As they look into the case, Nick and Nora learn that Drake wasn't very well liked and there are actually several people who benefited from his death. Drake owed money to loan shark Al Amboy, and Janet's father disliked Brant and may have set him up. Drake's girlfriend may have been having a fling with clarinetist Buddy Hollis, and he and Drake had a fist fight on stage during the festivities. Nick arranges for another party on the same boat where Nora notices something quite peculiar about one of the guest's jewelry. Written by garykmcd
Taglines:
WILLIAM POWELL and MYRNA LOY and me too. We're all together again in a NEW MGM mystery comedy! [me too refers to their (Nick & Noras') dog in the film]Certificate:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
September 1947 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Canção dos Acusados See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USACompany Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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(uncredited)
Music by Richard A. Whiting and Ange Lorenzo
Lyrics by Ray Egan and Joseph R. Alden
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Leon Ames was supposed to reprise his role as Edgar Draque from the previous installment of the series, The Thin Man Goes Home. When Helen Vinson, who portrayed his wife in the previous movie, was unavailable, the Draques were changed to the Talbins. This led to an unusual occurrence - an actor portraying different characters within a film series, in back-to-back entries of said series. See more »Goofs
When Asta lifts his paw to his eye in the baggage car scene, the wire controlling his paw is visible. See more »Quotes
Clarence 'Clinker' Krause: Hi ya, king pin. I see you got the old jewel flute. I heard ya breezin' it just now. Still head man, kid. Oh, come on, candy boy, don't you recognize me? This is the old Clinker. Remember how we used to belt it out at those jam sessions? Well, I just come up here to see how you feel. Well, thought there was maybe something you might want. A radio? A noisebox?See more »
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Music by Richard A. Whiting and Ange Lorenzo
Lyrics by Ray Egan and Joseph R. Alden
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Totally ordinary now, the Thin Man bowed out as slightly off-key as one of the clarinet solos played by the mysterious key character Buddy. Can madness be turned on and off like a tap? However still some fine moments here even for 1947, but especially for 2006.
Murder is committed on a heaving nightclub-boat the Charles are disporting themselves on, and Nick launches himself into the case with gusto for the once and only. The dissembling suspects are assembled for the viewers, but with this lot for the first time I didn't care whether they were all guilty or innocent. None of them were given enough time to become interesting, whether as baddies or semi-baddies. If Nick had pointed out Junior as the murderer I would have been surprised but accepted his deductions as infallible as usual. Keenan Wynn and other all-white musicians laid on the hep talk with a trowel, to Nick and Nora's continual generation gap bewilderment.
Overall a tremendous Golden Age Hollywood comedy drama series, starting with a bang and ending with a slight fizzle. So 6/6 it was but I give this one a good 7/10.