A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
Acting
Powell and Loy's 14-film partnership starts here — pure magic.
Writing
Dialogue so sharp it could cut glass and serve gin.
Direction
Shot in 16 days because Van Dyke trusted his actors.
Director
W.S. Van Dyke
William Powell
Nick Charles
Myrna Loy
Nora Charles
Maureen O'Sullivan
Dorothy Wynant
Nat Pendleton
Inspector John Guild
Minna Gombell
Mimi Wynant
Henry Wadsworth
Tommy
Porter Hall
Herbert MacCaulay
William Henry
Gilbert Wynant
Edward Ellis
Clyde Wynant
Edward Brophy
Joe Morelli
Cesar Romero
Chris Jorgenson
Harold Huber
Arthur Nunheim
Natalie Moorhead
Julia Wolf
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