Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) 7.1
Nick and Nora are at their wise-cracking best as they investigate murder and racketeering at a local race-track. Director:W.S. Van Dyke |
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Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) 7.1
Nick and Nora are at their wise-cracking best as they investigate murder and racketeering at a local race-track. Director:W.S. Van Dyke |
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| William Powell | ... | ||
| Myrna Loy | ... | ||
| Barry Nelson | ... |
Paul Clarke
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| Donna Reed | ... |
Molly Ford
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Sam Levene | ... | |
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Alan Baxter | ... |
'Whitey' Barrow
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Henry O'Neill | ... |
Major Jason I. Sculley
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Richard Hall | ... |
Nick Charles, Jr.
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Stella Adler | ... |
Claire Porter /
Clara Peters
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Loring Smith | ... |
'Link' Stephens
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Joseph Anthony | ... |
Fred Macy
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Lou Lubin | ... |
'Rainbow' Benny Loomis
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Louise Beavers | ... |
Stella
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| Aldrich Bowker | ... |
Watchman
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Nick and Nora's hopes for a pleasant afternoon at the local race track are dashed when a jockey is found shot dead in the locker room. Nick's friend Lt. Abrams wants him to help out but Nick is enjoying the good life too much to get involved. However, he is subsequently approached by Major Scully to look into corruption and the role of organized crime in gambling. Others are killed but in the end, Nick gathers all of the suspects into a room and identifies the killer. Written by garykmcd
The fourth Thin Man outing, Shadow of the Thin Man finds Nick and Nora Charles back in San Francisco where they happen to be at a race track when a jockey is killed in the tack room.
The jockey's death uncovers an investigation by the state crime commission involving them trying to indict a syndicate of illegal bookmakers. Two rival newspaper reporters are trying for a scoop on the story and one of them has some other interesting activities going for him.
Powell uncovers a good group of suspects brought together for the inevitable finale. The murderer and he notches two to his credit before he's finally caught is one the audience won't suspect.
Powell does show off a bit here though, the murderer with a slip of the tongue is given away to the audience. I think the writers just wanted Powell to show off before the other suspects, he could have nailed the murderer a reel before he did.
The usual witticisms involving the Charles's parenthood are present. Funniest scene is when Loy tries to get Powell to go off his usual liquid diet so their son will learn to drink milk.