After the Thin Man (1936)
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This second of MGM's Thin Man films reteams William Powell and Myrna Loy as, respectively, bibulous private detective Nick Charles and his socialite wife Nora. The Charleses are sucked into another murder case via Nick's lovely cousin Elissa Landi, whose husband Alan Marshall has vanished. Hubby has been conducting an affair with nightclub thrush Dorothy McNulty (later known as Penny Singleton) and is also blackmailing gangsterish Joseph Calleia. When the corpses begin piling up, Nick and Nora try to piece the clues together, with the earnest assistance of Jimmy Stewart, who carries a torch for Landi. You won't believe who turns out to be the murderer in this one--then again, given the plot's strict adherence to "least likely suspect" formula, you probably will. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- William Powell - Nick Charles
- James Stewart - David Graham
- Joseph Calleia - Dancer
- Alan Marshal - Robert Landis
- Sam Levene - Lt. Abrams
- George Zucco - Dr. Adolph Kammer
- Jack Norton - Reporter
- Dorothy Vaughan - Charlotte
- John Butler - Racetrack Tout
- Harry Tyler - Fingers
- John Kelly - Harold
- John T. Murray - Jerry
- Alice H. Smith - Emily
- Clarence Kolb - Lucius
- Charles Arnt - Drunk (uncredited)
- Baldwin Cooke - Photographer
- Ben Hall - Butcher Boy
- Eric Wilton - Peter, butler
- Dorothy McNulty - Polly Byrnes
- Edie Adams - Girl
- Thomas Pogue - William
- Edgar Dearing - Bill, the San Francisco Policeman
- Donald Briggs - Reporter
- Monte Vandergrift - Man (uncredited)
- George H. Reed - Porter
- Charles Trowbridge - Police Examiner
- Vince Barnett - Wrestling manager
- Myrna Loy - Nora Charles
- Elissa Landi - Selma Landis
- Jessie Ralph - Aunt Katherine Forrest
- Teddy Hart - Floyd Casper
- William Law - Lum Kee
- Paul Fix - Phil Byrnes
- Dick Rush - San Francisco Detective
- Edith Kingdon - Hattie
- Dorothée - Polly Byrnes
- Joe Phillips - Willie
- Jack Adair - Escort of Dizzy Blonde
- Guy Usher - Chief of Detectives
- Zeffie Tilbury - Lucy
- Maude Turner Gordon - Helen
- Richard Loo - Headwaiter
- Sherry Hall - Photographer
- Ed Allen - Man
- Jack Raymond - Photographer
- Bobby Watson - Leader of Late Crowd
- Tom Ricketts - Henry the Butler
- George Taylor - Eddie
- Murray Alper - Kid
- William Burress - General
- Mary Gordon - Rose (the cook)
- Joe Caits - Joe
- George Guhl - S.F. Police Captain
- Director(s):
- W.S. Van Dyke
- Writer(s):
- Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich
- Producer(s):
- Hunt Stromberg
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