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Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora's cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, and find themselves in a mystery involving the shady owners of a popular nightclub, a singer and her dark brother, the cousin's forsaken true love, and Nora's bombastic and controlling aunt.
Language
Budget$673,000
Revenue $3,165,000
English
Budget$673,000
Revenue $3,165,000
Keywords
new year's eve
husband wife relationship
married couple
nightclub
murder
whodunit
black and white
private detective
murder investigation
thin man
Casts
William Powell
Nick Charles
Myrna Loy
Nora Charles
James Stewart
David Graham
Elissa Landi
Selma Forrest Landis
Joseph Calleia
'Dancer'
Jessie Ralph
Aunt Katherine Forrest
Alan Marshal
Robert Landis
Teddy Hart
Floyd Casper
Sam Levene
Lt. Abrams
Penny Singleton
Polly Byrnes
William Law
Lum Kee
George Zucco
Dr. Adolph Kammer
Paul Fix
Phil Byrnes / Ralph West
Skippy
Asta
Ward Bond
Party Guest (uncredited)
Donald Briggs
Reporter (uncredited)
Mary Gordon
Rose (uncredited)
Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
Screwy (uncredited)
Hal Le Sueur
Polly's Admirer (uncredited)
Roger Moore
Reporter (uncredited)
Tom Ricketts
Henry the Butler (uncredited)
Constantine Romanoff
Wrestler at Party (uncredited)
Zeffie Tilbury
Aunt Lucy (uncredited)
Sue Moore
Sexy Blonde (uncredited)
Lucille Ward
Prison Matron (uncredited)
Harry Tyler
Fingers (uncredited)
Murray Alper
The Kid (uncredited)
John Kelly
Harold the Chauffer (uncredited)
William Benedict
Newsboy (uncredited)
James Carlisle
Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
Charles Fogel
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Joe Phillips
Willie the Weeper (uncredited)
Charles Trowbridge
Ballistics Man (uncredited)
Fred Santley
Reporter (uncredited)
Dick Rush
San Francisco Detective (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Flop House Proprietor (uncredited)
Barbara Pepper
Party Guest (uncredited)
Harvey Parry
Man Standing on Hands (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Fred Graham
Newspaper Distributor (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
Bill (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
Trainman (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Phil Bloom
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Margaret Bert
Nightclub Customer During Polly's Singing Act (uncredited)
Vince Barnett
Wrester's Manager (uncredited)
Charles Arnt
Drunk (uncredited)
Crews
Edwin B. Willis
Assistant Art Director
Harry McAfee
Assistant Art Director
W.S. Van Dyke
Director
Dashiell Hammett
Story
Frances Goodrich
Screenplay
Albert Hackett
Screenplay
Robert J. Schiffer
Makeup Artist
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Robert Kern
Editor
Oliver T. Marsh
Director of Photography
Edward Ward
Original Music Composer
Herbert Stothart
Original Music Composer
Hunt Stromberg
Producer
Dolly Tree
Costumer
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Seymour Felix
Choreographer
Backdrops & Posters
