Nick and Nora Charles are on a gambling boat when someone is murdered. The two main suspects are at large and come to Nick for help. Nick turns them in to the police but then sets out to fig... Read allNick and Nora Charles are on a gambling boat when someone is murdered. The two main suspects are at large and come to Nick for help. Nick turns them in to the police but then sets out to figure out the mystery.Nick and Nora Charles are on a gambling boat when someone is murdered. The two main suspects are at large and come to Nick for help. Nick turns them in to the police but then sets out to figure out the mystery.
- Tommy Edlon Drake
- (as Philip Reed)
Storyline
Did you know
- GoofsWhen the thug on the boat throws the knife at Asta, the string that guides it to it's target in the door is visible.
- Quotes
Nick Charles: I got a great idea.
Nora Charles: What is it?
Nick Charles: Let's go home.
Nora Charles: What's at home?
Nick Charles: You, my pipe, my slippers.
Nora Charles: Nickie, you're slipping.
Nick Charles: Darling, give me my pipe, slippers & a beautiful woman... and you can keep the pipe and slippers.
- ConnectionsFeatured in It's Showtime (1976)
- SoundtracksYou're Not So Easy to Forget
(1947)
By Herb Magidson and Ben Oakland
Played during the opening credits, as background music and at the end
Played by a band on the S.S. Fortune and sung by Gloria Grahame (uncredited) dubbed by Carol Arden (uncredited)
Played on clarinet by Don Taylor (uncredited) often
Reprised by Gloria Grahame (uncredited) at the ship reopening and on a record
Gone is the sophisticated world of white sofas and polished black floors, of naughty Porter lyrics and earnestly sophisticated Gershwin tunes. Martinis seem oddly old fashioned now (and so do Old Fashioneds) as Nick drinks high balls and Nora sips sherry. And instead of clever repartee, Song of the Thin Man gives us the kind of dialogue only studio journeymen can write. Says one character, "I must have blown my top, kicking Buddy over for a road company Casanova like you!" The solution depends on the kind of half-baked, melodramatic psychology popular at the time. To make it even more tedious, there are no characters except Nick and Nora to care about. The movie is peopled with crooks, opportunists, gold- diggers, scat-talking musicians and the unattractive rich. The acting is so variable that it doesn't take long to realize we're watching the kind of movie that MGM did not waste much effort on.
Why spend time on it? Two names: William Powell and Myrna Loy. Even though 13 years have elapsed, even though, at 55, Powell is a little fuller around the face (Loy at 42 doesn't seem to have changed a bit) and even though WWII altered decisively the world of films, they remain one of the most refreshing, attractive and delightful movie pairs in screen history. They raise the movie, if at least not to their level, to a level of enduring affection for their style, their warmth, their intelligence and, that word again, their insouciance. So three stars is too much for the movie but five stars is too little for them.
- Terrell-4
- Feb 2, 2008
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Ruleta de la muerte
- Filming locations
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $1,670,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1