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1941

1h 37m

7.0(111 votes)

Comedy

Crime

Mystery

Overview

High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.

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Cast & Crew

34 members

Acting

William Powell

Nick Charles

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Myrna Loy

Nora Charles

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Barry Nelson

Paul Clarke

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Donna Reed

Molly Ford

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Sam Levene

Lieutenant Abrams

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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

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Loring Smith

'Link' Stephens

Directing

Joseph Anthony

Fred Macy

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Lou Lubin

'Rainbow' Benny Loomis

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Louise Beavers

Stella

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Skippy

Asta

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Oliver Blake

Lawyer Fenster

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Adeline DeWalt Reynolds

Barrows' Landlady (uncredited)

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George Lloyd

Pipey (uncredited)

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Sid Melton

Fingers (uncredited)

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Jody Gilbert

Lana Webb (uncredited)

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Tor Johnson

"The Irish Thrush", a wrestler (uncredited)

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The Cardiff Giant

Bearded Wrestler (uncredited)

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Ava Gardner

Passerby at Racetrack (uncredited)

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John George

Wrestling Match Spectator (uncredited)

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Aldrich Bowker

Watchman (uncredited)

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H.B. Haggerty

Mug

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Al Bain

Wrestling Match Spectator (uncredited)

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Arthur Aylesworth

Second Coroner (uncredited)

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Tom Coleman

Cop (uncredited)

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Joe Devlin

Mug Starting Fight at Wrestling Match (uncredited)

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Fred Graham

Waiter with Steak (uncredited)

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Herschel Graham

Wrestling Match Spectator (uncredited)

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Joey Ray

Stephens' Clerk (uncredited)

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Ray Teal

Cab Driver (uncredited)

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Will Wright

Maguire - Nervous Ticket Seller (uncredited)

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