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A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
Language
Budget$226,408
Revenue $1,423,000
English
Budget$226,408
Revenue $1,423,000
Keywords
husband wife relationship
police
detective
mistress
dinner
black and white
wedding
dog
police detective
screwball comedy
private detective
missing person
pre-code
terrier
thin man
x-ray
christmas
Casts
William Powell
Nick Charles
Myrna Loy
Nora Charles
Maureen O'Sullivan
Dorothy Wynant
Nat Pendleton
Inspector John Guild
Minna Gombell
Mimi Wynant
Porter Hall
Herbert MacCaulay
Henry Wadsworth
Tommy
William Henry
Gilbert Wynant
Harold Huber
Arthur Nunheim
Cesar Romero
Chris Jorgenson
Natalie Moorhead
Julia Wolf
Edward Brophy
Joe Morelli
Edward Ellis
Clyde Wynant
Cyril Thornton
Tanner
Will Aubrey
Minor Role (uncredited)
William Augustin
Wynant's Butler (uncredited)
Polly Bailey
Janitress (uncredited)
Arthur Belasco
Detective (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Tui Bow
Stenographer (uncredited)
Raymond Brown
Police Dr. Walton (uncredited)
Ruth Channing
Mrs. Jorgenson (uncredited)
Jack Cheatham
Detective (uncredited)
Clay Clement
Quinn (uncredited)
Dorothy Compton
Maid at Dinner Party (uncredited)
Nick Copeland
Reporter (uncredited)
John Dunsmuir
Boxer at Party (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
Fighter at Party (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Nick's Party Guest (uncredited)
Douglas Fowley
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Christian J. Frank
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Kay Garrett
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson
Apartment Clerk (uncredited)
Dick Gordon
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
Reporter (uncredited)
Sherry Hall
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Edward Hearn
Detective (uncredited)
Robert Homans
Billy the Detective (uncredited)
John Irwin
'Face' Tefler (uncredited)
Thomas E. Jackson
Reporter (uncredited)
Sydney Jarvis
Witness (uncredited)
Tiny Jones
Woman Buying Newspaper (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
John Larkin
Porter (uncredited)
Dixie Laughton
Janitress (uncredited)
Walter Long
Stutsy Burke (uncredited)
Fred Malatesta
Joe - Headwaiter (uncredited)
Hans Moebus
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Bartender (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Detective Waiter (uncredited)
Henry Otho
Burly Party Waiter-Bodyguard (uncredited)
Garry Owen
Detective (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Detective (uncredited)
Alexander Pollard
Waiter Hired for Dinner (uncredited)
Albert Pollet
Waiter Hired for Dinner (uncredited)
Bob Reeves
Cop (uncredited)
Bert Roach
Crying Man at Party (uncredited)
Rolfe Sedan
Waiter (uncredited)
Gertrude Short
Marian (uncredited)
Lee Shumway
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Skippy
Asta (uncredited)
Pietro Sosso
Butler (uncredited)
Ben Taggart
Police Captain (uncredited)
Phil Tead
Reporter (uncredited)
George Templeton
Reporter (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Guest at Nick's Party (uncredited)
Huey White
Minor Role (uncredited)
Leo White
Leo - Waiter (uncredited)
Charles Williams
Fighter Manager (uncredited)
Crews
Albert Hackett
Screenplay
Dolly Tree
Costume Design
Ted Allen
Still Photographer
Dashiell Hammett
Novel
James Wong Howe
Director of Photography
Robert Kern
Editor
Frances Goodrich
Screenplay
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
David Townsend
Assistant Art Director
Edwin B. Willis
Assistant Art Director
W.S. Van Dyke
Director
Lesley Selander
Assistant Director
Wayne Allen
Orchestrator
Howard Dietz
Public Relations
David Snell
Orchestrator
Maurice De Packh
Orchestrator
Jack Virgil
Orchestrator
Clarence Sinclair Bull
Still Photographer
William Axt
Original Music Composer
Hunt Stromberg
Producer
Douglas Shearer
Sound Director
Eugene Joseff
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