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Song of the Thin Man
Directed by
Edward Buzzell
Produced by Nat Perrin
Screenplay by Steve Fisher and Nat Perrin Story by Stanley Roberts Based on characters created by Dashiell Hammett
Produced by Nat Perrin
Screenplay by Steve Fisher and Nat Perrin Story by Stanley Roberts Based on characters created by Dashiell Hammett
With:
William Powell, Myrna Loy, Keenan Wynn, Dean Stockwell, Phillip Reed, Patricia Morison, Leon Ames, Gloria Grahame, Jayne Meadows, Ralph Morgan, Bess Flowers, and Marie Windsor
Cinematography:
Charles Rosher
Editing: Gene Ruggiero
Music: David Snell
Editing: Gene Ruggiero
Music: David Snell
Runtime:
86 min
Release Date: 28 August 1947
Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1
Color: Black and White
Release Date: 28 August 1947
Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1
Color: Black and White
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Twitter Capsule:The last of the Thin Man pictures is probably the weakest entry in the series. When a musician aboard a gambling ship is shot and killed, Nick and Nora Charles get deeply involved in the case. But even by the standards of these pictures, the plot is slight and has some logic gaps that you don't see in the earlier films. Set in the Jazz world, there are some fun slang jokes that play up on Nick's status as a square, but they're not as clever as the way contemporary lingo is used in the same year's other Myrna Loy picture The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer with Cary Grant. Powell and Loy are as charming and witty as ever, but by this point, the Thin Man seems stretched a bit too thin.