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Song of the Thin Man (1947) -- Nick, Nora, and Nick Jr. investigate murders in New York.
Song of the Thin Man (1947) -- Nick, Nora, and Nick Jr. investigate murders in New York.

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Director:

Edward Buzzell

Writers:

Dashiell Hammett (characters)
Stanley Roberts (story)
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Release Date:

September 1947 (USA) more

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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The worst still better than most! more (31 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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
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Additional Details

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

UK:A (original rating) | UK:U (DVD rating) | Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #12345)


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

The sixth of six "Thin Man" movies starring William Powell and Myrna Loy. more

Goofs:

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. more

Quotes:

Taxi Driver: Follow that car?
Nora Charles: Movie fan.
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Movie Connections:

Featured in Hollywood Remembers: Myrna Loy - So Nice to Come Home to (1991) (TV) more

Soundtrack:

You're Not So Easy to Forget more


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14 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
The worst still better than most!, 11 January 2004
Author: estabansmythe from Temple City, CA

Did Nick and Nora's swan tune, The Song Of The Thin Man, try too hard to be hip and cool? Yep. Are some of the bits a tad forced? Yep. Is this, the sixth adventure of Mr. & Mrs. Charles, the worst in the series? Yep. You know what that means? Yes, it means that the worst Thin Man movies is still better than most.

For Nick and Nora's final bit of sleuthing and their first in a couple years (since the wonderful Thin Man Goes Home), they enter the ultra-hip, ultra-cool, slanged-out, jive-talking world of jazz, courtesy of their tour guide, hilarious reedman Keenan Wynn, who couldn't put together a sentence of straight Queen's English to save his shoe bottom (soul). Who killed the band leader? All I can say is, it wasn't Nick or Nora or Asta.

By 1947, William Powell's waistline has expanded and Myrna Loy long ago gave up the sheer, slinky gowns that had us all drooling, but they can still cut it, rug and all.

Were six Thin Man movies enough? Not for me.

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