Directed by:
W. S. Van DykeComposer:
Edward WardCast:
William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey, Otto Kruger, C. Aubrey Smith, Ruth Hussey, Nat Pendleton, Patric Knowles, Tom Neal, Sheldon Leonard, Abner Biberman (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
After Colonel MacFay frantically summons them to his Long Island estate, amatuer detectives Nick and Nora Charles arrive to find the house under heavy guard and the colonel under threat of death by his former employee, Phil Church. Among MacFay's house guests are his adopted daughter Lois and her fiancé, Dudley Horn, who explains that Church blames the colonel for sending him to jail, and the macabre incidents that have been occurring are a result of Church's revenge attempts. That night, the colonel is murdered and Church disappears. As the police interrogate the witnesses, gunshots are heard in the night and Horn is killed. Back in the city, a mysterious caller who promises to produce Church's Cuban accomplice, "Dum Dum," directs Nora to the Rio Club, and Nick, acting on a clue uncovered at Church's girl friend Smitty's apartment, also turns up at the club. There, Nick learns that Church had a second girl friend, Linda Mills, and he goes to investigate her apartment, but finds the girl missing. The next day, Church appears at the Charles' apartment and threatens to harm Nick unless he abandons the case. As he escapes across the rooftops, Church is shot and killed, and the police are summoned. Nick then explains to the puzzled assemblage that Church did not kill MacFay. As he re-stages the shooting, Nick explains that Church's accomplice, Linda Mills, killed the colonel, and Nick then unmasks Lois as Linda. Nick continues that Lois, tired of playing the good daughter, led the life of a moll and killed her father for his money. Once Horn began to suspect her of the crime, she killed him, and Church became her third victim when she began to suspect him of double-crossing her over Smitty. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Asta](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/631/161631781_d580a2.jpg)
Asta
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
![Murray Alper](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/410/161410438_f14894.jpg)
Murray Alper
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
After the Thin Man (1936)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
![Thomas E. Jackson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/589/161589742_c05da4.jpg)
Thomas E. Jackson
USA
Best movies:
Scarlet Street (1945)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Beau Geste (1939)
Martin Garralaga
Spain
Best movies:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Casablanca (1942)
Juarez (1939)
Pat McKee
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Another Thin Man (1939)
Edward Gargan
USA
Best movies:
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
![Harry Bellaver](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/024/167024978_0f57bc.jpg)
Harry Bellaver
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
Frank Moran
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Shall We Dance? (1937)
Paul Newlan
USA
Best movies:
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
We're No Angels (1955)
If I Were King (1938)
Alphonse Martell
German Empire
Best movies:
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Constantine Romanoff
German Empire
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
After the Thin Man (1936)
The Kid Brother (1927)
Howard M. Mitchell
USA
Best movies:
Of Mice and Men (1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Eddie Hall
USA
Best movies:
Double Indemnity (1944)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Shall We Dance? (1937)
Rafael Storm
USA
Best movies:
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
Ladies Should Listen (1934)
George Lloyd
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Nell Craig
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mad Love (1935)
A Stolen Life (1946)
Steve Carruthers
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
North by Northwest (1959)
James Blaine
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Boys Town (1938)
![Don Costello](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/254/162254496_7b1aa0.jpg)
Don Costello
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
Another Thin Man (1939)
Thomas Martin
USA
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
North by Northwest (1959)