Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora's cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, and find themselves in a mystery involving the shady owners of a popular nightclub, a singer and her dark brother, the cousin's forsaken true love, and Nora's bombastic and controlling aunt.
Cast
William Powell
Nick Charles
Myrna Loy
Nora Charles
James Stewart
David Graham
Elissa Landi
Selma Forrest Landis
Joseph Calleia
Dancer
Jessie Ralph
Katherine Forrest
Alan Marshal
Robert Landis
Teddy Hart
Floyd Casper
Sam Levene
Abrams
Penny Singleton
Polly Byrnes
William Law
Lum Kee
George Zucco
Dr. Kammer
Paul Fix
Phil
Skippy
Asta
Ward Bond
Party Guest (uncredited)
Donald Briggs
Reporter (uncredited)
Mary Gordon
Rose (uncredited)
Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
Screwy (uncredited)
Hal Le Sueur
Polly's Admirer (uncredited)
Roger Moore
Reporter (uncredited)
Tom Ricketts
Henry (uncredited)
Constantine Romanoff
Wrestler at Party (uncredited)
Zeffie Tilbury
Aunt Lucy (uncredited)
Sue Moore
Sexy Blonde (uncredited)
Lucille Ward
Prison Matron (uncredited)
Harry Tyler
Fingers (uncredited)
Murray Alper
Kid (uncredited)
John Kelly
Harold (uncredited)
William Benedict
Newsboy (uncredited)
James Carlisle
Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
Charles Fogel
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Joe Phillips
Willie (uncredited)
Charles Trowbridge
Ballistics Man (uncredited)
Fred Santley
Reporter (uncredited)
Dick Rush
San Francisco Detective (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Flop House Proprietor (uncredited)
Barbara Pepper
Party Guest (uncredited)
Harvey Parry
Man Standing on Hands (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Fred Graham
Newspaper Distributor (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
Bill (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
Trainman (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Phil Bloom
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Margaret Bert
Nightclub Customer During Polly's Act (uncredited)
Vince Barnett
Wrester's Manager (uncredited)
Charles Arnt
Drunk (uncredited)
George Guhl
Policeman at Party (uncredited)
Ernie Stanton
Thug at Nick’s Table (uncredited)
Crew
W.S. Van Dyke
Director
Albert Hackett
Screenplay
Frances Goodrich
Screenplay
Dashiell Hammett
Story
Robert Kern
Editor
Oliver T. Marsh
Director of Photography
Hunt Stromberg
Producer
Dolly Tree
Costumer
Robert J. Schiffer
Makeup Artist
Harry McAfee
Assistant Art Director
Edwin B. Willis
Assistant Art Director
Herbert Stothart
Original Music Composer
Edward Ward
Original Music Composer
Seymour Felix
Choreographer
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
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