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Song of the Thin Man (1947) -- Nick, Nora, and Nick Jr. investigate murders in New York.

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Director:
Edward Buzzell
Writers:
Dashiell Hammett (characters)
Stanley Roberts (story)
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Release Date:
September 1947 (USA) more
Tagline:
WILLIAM POWELL and MYRNA LOY and me too. We're all together again in a NEW MGM mystery comedy! [me too refers to their (Nick & Noras') dog in the film]
Plot:
Nick, Nora, and Nick Jr. investigate murders in New York. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
An Often Amusing If Unremarkable Finale more

Cast

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William Powell ... Nick Charles

Myrna Loy ... Nora Charles
Keenan Wynn ... Clarence 'Clinker' Krause
Dean Stockwell ... Nick Charles Jr.
Phillip Reed ... Tommy Edlon Drake (as Philip Reed)
Patricia Morison ... Phyllis Talbin
Leon Ames ... Mitchell Talbin

Gloria Grahame ... Fran Ledue Page
Jayne Meadows ... Janet Thayar
Ralph Morgan ... David I. Thayar
Bess Flowers ... Jessica Thayar
Don Taylor ... Buddy Hollis
Warner Anderson ... Dr. Monolaw
Bruce Cowling ... Phil Orval Brant
Connie Gilchrist ... Bertha
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Additional Details

Runtime:
86 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
UK:A (original rating) | UK:U (DVD rating) | Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #12345)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The sixth of six "Thin Man" movies starring William Powell and Myrna Loy. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: When Asta lifts his paw to his eye in the baggage car scene, the wire controlling his paw is visible. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Hollywood Remembers: Myrna Loy - So Nice to Come Home to (1991) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
You're Not So Easy to Forget more

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13 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:-
An Often Amusing If Unremarkable Finale, 12 September 2005
Author: Snow Leopard from Ohio

While it probably doesn't offer as much as most of the earlier movies in the series, "Song Of the Thin Man" is nevertheless a pleasant finale to the classic series. It has the usual blend of wit, oddly assorted characters, and mystery, with a solid supporting cast led by Keenan Wynn.

The story uses the now-familiar setup of Nick getting drawn into a mystery against his will. This time, it uses the jazz scene as the backdrop, and while the setting is not always used to its potential, it does allow Wynn some good moments that he makes use of. Wynn usually plays off of Powell and Loy rather well. Most of the rest of the cast does well when they get the chance, and Don Taylor works as a more serious, troubled character who is important to the story.

You can tell that they were running out of truly new ideas for the series, yet in another sense the series got an impressive amount of mileage from the format. This last movie may offer little that is new, but it is enjoyable as light entertainment.

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