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Director:
Stephen Roberts
Writers:
James Edward Grant (story)
Anthony Veiller (writer)
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Release Date:
13 May 1936 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Mystery more
Plot:
An ex-married couple investigate a murder in the 'Thin Man' manner. full summary | full synopsis
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Cast

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William Powell ... Dr. Lawrence Bradford

Jean Arthur ... Paula Bradford
James Gleason ... Inspector Corrigan
Eric Blore ... Stokes, Bradford's Butler
Robert Armstrong ... Nick Martel (bookie)
Lila Lee ... Miss Prentiss, Bradford's Receptionist
Grant Mitchell ... John Summers, Luxury's Owner
Erin O'Brien-Moore ... Mrs. Summers
Ralph Morgan ... Leroy Hutchins, Warcloud's Owner
Lucile Gleason ... Mrs. Hutchins
Frank M. Thomas ... Mike North (Luxury's trainer)
Frankie Darro ... Spike Salisbury
Frank Reicher ... Henry Strand, Summers' Lawyer
Charles Richman ... Mr. Curtis, Turf Club President
John Sheehan ... Bert 'Murphy' Murph, Private Eye
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
82 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Victor System)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #2051)
Filming Locations:
Santa Anita Park - 285 West Huntington Drive, Arcadia, California, USA
Company:
RKO Radio Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Paula refers to Brad as "Lochinvar back from the wars". 'Lochinvar' is the title of a romantic poem by Sir Walter Scott, first published in 1808. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The bite of a black widow spider is painful but rarely fatal. more
Quotes:
Nick Martel: I didn't know you went in for opening safes, Doc.
Dr. Lawrence Bradford: Oh, we surgeons open anything.
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Soundtrack:
Wedding March more

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Everything, but Asta, 1 May 2005
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Author: bkoganbing from Buffalo, New York

RKO studios decided to borrow both William Powell from MGM and Jean Arthur from Columbia, for one of their more big budget efforts to cash in on the popularity of The Thin Man. They succeeded to some degree.

A lot of folks forget that in addition to and earlier than Nick Charles, Bill Powell also played in a few Philo Vance films in the title role. So by this time he was pretty well set in the role. Doctor Bradford is not doing as many liquid lunches as Nick Charles, but the basic blasé Nick is still there. One difference is that while Nick Charles married an heiress, Doctor Bradford works for a living as a physician. That helps in his avocation of detective and in fact it does in this film.

He's got two murders to solve. A jockey falls off a horse coming into the homestretch of a big race and dies for no apparent reason. The trainer suspects something afoot, but he's bumped off by the more conventional method of a bullet. This is after he comes to Bill Powell for help.

Myrna Loy was a more steadying influence on Bill Powell than Jean Arthur was. Arthur plays it as more of a dizzy dame than Loy did. But it works here and she and Powell have good chemistry.

The ever dependable James Gleason is the police inspector in the Sam Levene/Nat Pendleton role. All they needed here was Asta and possibly Eric Blore as Powell's butler was essaying that part.

If Powell and Arthur were signed at this studio we might have seen a whole slew of Bradford films.

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