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Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
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November 1941 (USA)
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Hey everybody, my folks are back on the trail of the dog-gondest mystery you ever saw! They're Wackier Than Ever! more
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Nick and Nora are at their wise-cracking best as they investigate murder and racketeering at a local race-track. full summary | full synopsis
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If it ain't broke don't fix it!
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | William Powell | ... | Nick Charles |
 | Myrna Loy | ... | Nora Charles |
 | Barry Nelson | ... | Paul Clarke - reporter |
 | Donna Reed | ... | Molly - Stephens' receptionist |
| Sam Levene | ... | Lieutenant Abrams |
| Alan Baxter | ... | 'Whitey' Barrow |
| Henry O'Neill | ... | Major Jason I. Sculley |
| Richard Hall | ... | Nick Charles, Jr. (as Dickie Hall) |
| Stella Adler | ... | Claire Porter / Clara Peters |
| Loring Smith | ... | 'Link' Stephens - Gambling syndicate boss |
| Joseph Anthony | ... | Fred Macy - Stephens' deputy |
| Lou Lubin | ... | 'Rainbow' Benny |
| Louise Beavers | ... | Stella |
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 | Aldrich Bowker | ... | Watchman (scenes deleted) |
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97 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Crew or equipment visible: When Nick returns to the locker room at the race track, and Asta is scared off by the black kitten, Nick passes an office. You can see a man in the reflection of the window. He is wearing a white shirt and appears to be giving hand commands to Asta. His movements mimic Nick's at first, but when Nick turns to head for the shower room, the man in the white shirt stays in the same position.
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Nora Charles:
Follow that car, quick!
Cab Driver: Yes, ma'am!
[Drives off after cab, leaving Nora and Molly on the sidewalk]
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Cab Driver: Yes, ma'am!
[Drives off after cab, leaving Nora and Molly on the sidewalk]
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Featured in Hollywood Remembers: Myrna Loy - So Nice to Come Home to (1991) (TV)
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SHADOW OF THE THIN MAN offers nothing really new but it does offer exactly what fans of the franchise expect. Nick and Nora get dragged into another murder mystery. They continue to bicker in their loving way. Nick and all his old street contacts help Nick do what the police cannot. Lt. Abrams (Sam Levene) last seen in AFTER THE THIN MAN returns. He is to Nick what Inspector Lestrad is to Sherlock Holmes. It's a treat to see a young Donna Reed in a film 5 years prior to her breakthrough performance in IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE and 2 decades prior to her self named sitcom.
As usual, Nick with Nora's help rounds up all the suspects and walks the viewer through his deductive reasoning and then announces who the killer is. As this was the third sequel it is plain to see the basic formula that is present in all the THIN MAN films. It, by this film, had become about as complex as a color by numbers coloring book. Little imagination but still fun to do. I would rank this my fourth favorite of the six THIN MAN FILMS.