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Song of the Thin Man (1947)
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Release Date:
September 1947 (USA)
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Tagline:
WILLIAM POWELL and MYRNA LOY and me too. We're all together again in a NEW MGM mystery comedy! [me too refers to their (Nick & Noras') dog in the film]
Plot:
Nick, Nora, and Nick Jr. investigate murders in New York. full summary | add synopsis
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Jive talking
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Cast
(in credits order) (verified as complete) | William Powell | ... | Nick Charles |
 | Myrna Loy | ... | Nora Charles |
 | Keenan Wynn | ... | Clarence 'Clinker' Krause |
| Dean Stockwell | ... | Nick Charles Jr. |
| Phillip Reed | ... | Tommy Edlon Drake (as Philip Reed) |
| Patricia Morison | ... | Phyllis Talbin |
| Leon Ames | ... | Mitchell Talbin |
 | Gloria Grahame | ... | Fran Ledue Page |
| Jayne Meadows | ... | Janet Thayar |
| Ralph Morgan | ... | David I. Thayar |
| Bess Flowers | ... | Jessica Thayar |
| Don Taylor | ... | Buddy Hollis |
| Warner Anderson | ... | Dr. Monolaw |
| Bruce Cowling | ... | Phil Orval Brant |
| Connie Gilchrist | ... | Bertha |
| Henry Nemo | ... | The Neem |
| William Bishop | ... | Al Amboy |
| Marie Windsor | ... | Helen Amboy |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| George Anderson | ... | Dunne (uncredited) |
| Morris Ankrum | ... | The Police Inspector (uncredited) |
| Asta Jr. | ... | Asta, the Charles' Dog (uncredited) |
| Gregg Barton | ... | Male Nurse (uncredited) |
| Leonard Bremen | ... | Mug #1 (uncredited) |
| Al Bridge | ... | Nagle, Waterfront Policeman (uncredited) |
| James Burke | ... | Police Officer Michael Callahan (uncredited) |
| Harry Burns | ... | Italian Boatman (uncredited) |
| George Chan | ... | Young Chinese Man (uncredited) |
| James Conaty | ... | Nightclub Table Extra (uncredited) |
| Sayre Dearing | ... | Stickman (uncredited) |
| Tom Dugan | ... | Davis, Policeman on Yacht (uncredited) |
| Herbert Evans | ... | Gambler (uncredited) |
| Franklyn Farnum | ... | Casino Extra (uncredited) |
| James Flavin | ... | Police Officer Reardon (uncredited) |
| Jerry Fragnol | ... | Nick Charles Jr. - age 5 (uncredited) |
| Bill Harbach | ... | Whitley (uncredited) |
| Clarke Hardwicke | ... | Bert (uncredited) |
| Earle Hodgins | ... | Baggage Man (uncredited) |
| Esther Howard | ... | Sadie, the Counterwoman (uncredited) |
| Donald Kerr | ... | News Photographer (uncredited) |
| Lyle Latell | ... | Mug #2 (uncredited) |
| Mitchell Lewis | ... | Jailkeeper (uncredited) |
| Marya Marco | ... | Oriental Girl (uncredited) |
| Matt McHugh | ... | Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
| Harold Miller | ... | Benefit Guest (uncredited) |
| Howard Negley | ... | Police Officer Kramer (uncredited) |
| Henry Norton | ... | Casino / Nightclub Extra (uncredited) |
| Jimmy O'Gatty | ... | Amboy's Hood (uncredited) |
| William Roberts | ... | Pete (uncredited) |
| Jeffrey Sayre | ... | Croupier (uncredited) |
| John Sheehan | ... | Stage Manager (uncredited) |
| Eddie Lou Simms | ... | Amboy's Hood (uncredited) |
| George Sorel | ... | Albert, Headwaiter (uncredited) |
| Larry Steers | ... | Tenant (uncredited) |
| Bert Stevens | ... | Nightclub Table Extra (uncredited) |
| Robert E. Strickland | ... | Musician (uncredited) |
| Charles Sullivan | ... | Police Sergeant as Waiter (uncredited) |
| Clinton Sundberg | ... | Mr. Purdy, Hotel Vesta Desk Clerk (uncredited) |
| Henry Sylvester | ... | John, the Thayar Butler (uncredited) |
| Tom Trout | ... | Lewie the Shiv (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| Edward Buzzell | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Dashiell Hammett | (characters) | |
| Stanley Roberts | (story) | |
| Steve Fisher | (screenplay) and | |
| Nat Perrin | (screenplay) | |
| James O'Hanlon | (additional dialogue) and | |
| Harry Crane | (additional dialogue) | |
Produced by | |||
| Nat Perrin | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| David Snell | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Charles Rosher | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Gene Ruggiero | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Randall Duell | |||
| Cedric Gibbons | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Edwin B. Willis | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Jack Dawn | .... | makeup designer | |
| Sydney Guilaroff | .... | hair styles designer | |
Production Management | |||
| Robert E. Barnes | .... | unit production manager (uncredited) | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Jerome Bergman | .... | assistant director (uncredited) | |
Art Department | |||
| Alfred E. Spencer | .... | associate set decorator | |
Sound Department | |||
| Douglas Shearer | .... | recording director | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Shirley Barker | .... | associate costume supervisor | |
| Irene | .... | costume supervisor | |
Music Department | |||
| George Bassman | .... | composer: stock music (uncredited) | |
| Robert Franklyn | .... | composer: additional music (uncredited) | |
| Lennie Hayton | .... | composer: stock music (uncredited) | |
| Wally Heglin | .... | orchestrator (uncredited) | |
| Bronislau Kaper | .... | composer: stock music (uncredited) | |
| Nathaniel Shilkret | .... | composer: stock music (uncredited) | |
| Edward Ward | .... | composer: stock music (uncredited) | |
| Roy Webb | .... | composer: stock music (uncredited) | |
Production Companies
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated)
- Loew's (as Loew's Incorporated)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1947) (USA) (theatrical) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated)
- Warner Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1948) (France) (theatrical)
- Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
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86 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 the thug on the boat throws the knife at Asta, the string that guides it to it's target in the door is clearly visible.
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Featured in Hollywood Remembers: Myrna Loy - So Nice to Come Home to (1991) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
You're Not So Easy to Forget
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Totally ordinary now, the Thin Man bowed out as slightly off-key as one of the clarinet solos played by the mysterious key character Buddy. Can madness be turned on and off like a tap? However still some fine moments here even for 1947, but especially for 2006.
Murder is committed on a heaving nightclub-boat the Charles are disporting themselves on, and Nick launches himself into the case with gusto for the once and only. The dissembling suspects are assembled for the viewers, but with this lot for the first time I didn't care whether they were all guilty or innocent. None of them were given enough time to become interesting, whether as baddies or semi-baddies. If Nick had pointed out Junior as the murderer I would have been surprised but accepted his deductions as infallible as usual. Keenan Wynn and other all-white musicians laid on the hep talk with a trowel, to Nick and Nora's continual generation gap bewilderment.
Overall a tremendous Golden Age Hollywood comedy drama series, starting with a bang and ending with a slight fizzle. So 6/6 it was but I give this one a good 7/10.