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Overview

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6.5/10   102 votes
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Director:
Michael Curtiz
Writers:
Rian James (screenplay)
Raoul Whitfield (story)
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Release Date:
10 June 1933 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance more
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User Comments:
Stylish William Powell more (6 total)

Cast

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William Powell ... Donald Free
Margaret Lindsay ... Janet Reynolds
Ruth Donnelly ... Amy Moran
Gordon Westcott ... Tony Bandor
Arthur Hohl ... Dan Hogan
Natalie Moorhead ... Mrs. Helen Burns
James Bell ... Whitey
Hobart Cavanaugh ... Harcourt S. Burns
Irving Bacon ... Cab Driver
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Private Detective (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
66 min (Turner library print) | Germany:63 min (TV)
Country:
USA
Language:
English | French
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
West Germany:16 | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | USA:Approved

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Studio records state the film was shot in 21 days. more
Soundtrack:
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FAQ

I'm curious as to how they got the blanks in the gun that Janet used in self-defense?
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12 out of 17 people found the following comment useful.
Stylish William Powell, 1 August 2001
Author: frankie-47 from Paddington, Brisbane, Australia

A good tight little film. The plot is obvious and creaky but William Powell is as stylish and suave, something he was to perfect later in the thin man series. The direction by Curtiz is well above average for the time ..... some beautiful angle shots, a nice fluid camera and I love the stair bit at the end .... in other words it is not as "stage bound" as a lot of other films from the time. The female lead, Margaret Lindsay,does a good job of looking pretty, and the great character actor Charles Lane turns up yet again. Its only about 67 minutes long and its a hoot .... pity the story isn't up to scratch (although they managed to sneak in a character called Whitey who is a hop head and at one stage is told to lay off the "snow") and it starts off slow otherwise it would be a mini classic ( like Powell's other film of about the same time "Jewell Robbery")

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