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6.7/10   325 votes
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Director:
William K. Howard
Writers:
Lenore J. Coffee (writer)
W.E. Woodward (novel)
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Release Date:
9 November 1934 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Mystery | Romance more
Plot:
The neglected wife of a high profile attorney dallies with a unscrupulous womanizer and finds herself involved in blackmail and murder. full summary | add synopsis
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Inbetween The Thin Man more (13 total)

Cast

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William Powell ... John Prentice

Myrna Loy ... Evelyn Prentice
Una Merkel ... Amy Drexel

Rosalind Russell ... Mrs. Nancy Harrison
Isabel Jewell ... Judith Wilson
Harvey Stephens ... Lawrence 'Larry' Kennard
Edward Brophy ... Eddie Delaney
Henry Wadsworth ... Chester Wylie
Cora Sue Collins ... Dorothy Prentice
Frank Conroy ... Dist. Atty. Farley
Jessie Ralph ... Mrs. Blake
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
79 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #379)
Company:
Cosmopolitan Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The third of fourteen films pairing William Powell and Myrna Loy. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the last scene of the film, as John and Evelyn are at Dorothy's bedside, Evelyn's position at the side of the bed keeps changing from shot to shot. more
Quotes:
Evelyn Prentice: There's nothing wrong with those letters. They're innocent.
Lawrence 'Larry' Kennard: Then why are you here?
Evelyn Prentice: There's nothing safe with a man like you.
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Movie Connections:
Version of Stronger Than Desire (1939) more
Soundtrack:
Me and My Shadow more

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9 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Inbetween The Thin Man, 14 May 2001
8/10
Author: Don W from Long Island Motor Parkway

"Evelyn Prentice" starred William Powell & Myrna Loy, who were inbetween working on the first & second movies in "The Thin Man" series. There are similarities between their roles in this movie & their roles in that series. In both cases, they're debonair rich folks with fancy clothes & a beautiful home. In both cases, Powell plays a character who likes to drink (more so in "The Thin Man") & is involved with solving a murder mystery. But "The Thin Man" series is more light-hearted, with more flippant, snappier dialog, & is generally more enjoyable than "Evelyn Prentice." Astra the Dog is missed, & replaced by the couple's young daughter. But this is a good movie, & has a more surprising plot twist than any entry in "The Thin Man" series. The plot here has more typical pre-code elements than the later "Thin Man" entries, which I won't mention here because I don't want to give away the storyline. Una Merkel is good as Loy's wisecracking friend. Isabel Jewell is very convincing in her role (I didn't think so at first, but as I began to watch her more closely, I started to think that she's a really good actress). I rate it 8/10.

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