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The Thin Man (1934)
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Director W.S. Van Dyke
Writer Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich, Dashiell Hammett
Cast William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan
Plot Former detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora investigate a murder case, mostly for the fun of it.
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My Man Godfrey (1936)
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Director Gregory La Cava
Writer Morrie Ryskind, Eric Hatch, Zoe Akins
Cast William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady
Plot A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler - but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye.
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After the Thin Man (1936)
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Director W.S. Van Dyke
Writer Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Dashiell Hammett
Cast William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart
Plot Private detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora are back home at last and hoping for a quiet New Year when there is a murder. The obvious suspect is his wife, Nora's cousin, Selma.
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Mister Roberts (1955)
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Director John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy, Joshua Logan
Writer Frank S. Nugent, Joshua Logan, Thomas Heggen
Cast Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell
Plot In the waning days of World War II, the cargo officer of a Navy supply ship chafes at its role far from the action in the Pacific's backwater areas, his frustration rising when its captain denies the crew liberty over petty irrita...
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Libeled Lady (1936)
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Director Jack Conway
Writer Maurine Dallas Watkins, Howard Emmett Rogers, George Oppenheimer
Cast Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy
Plot When a socialite sues a big paper for libel, the editor responsible calls in the help of his ignored fiancée and a former employee to frame her and make the false story seem true.
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Another Thin Man (1939)
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Director W.S. Van Dyke
Writer Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Dashiell Hammett
Cast William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey
Plot An explosives manufacturer suspects a young man is out to kill him. He calls in new parents Nick and Nora to sort things out.
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The Last Command (1928)
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Director Josef von Sternberg
Writer Lajos Bira, John F. Goodrich, Ernst Lubitsch
Cast Emil Jannings, Evelyn Brent, William Powell
Plot A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.
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One Way Passage (1932)
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Director Tay Garnett
Writer Wilson Mizner, Joseph Jackson, Robert Lord
Cast William Powell, Kay Francis, Frank McHugh
Plot A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's secret.
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Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
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Director W.S. Van Dyke
Writer Irving Brecher, Harry Kurnitz, Dashiell Hammett
Cast William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson
Plot A jockey has been shot dead at the race track. Famous detective Nick Charles and his wife Nora happen to be on the scene and Lt. Abrahams asks for Nick's expert help.
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Life with Father (1947)
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Director Michael Curtiz
Writer Clarence Day, Donald Ogden Stewart, Howard Lindsay
Cast William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor
Plot A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.
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The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
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Director Richard Thorpe
Writer Robert Riskin, Dwight Taylor, Harry Kurnitz
Cast William Powell, Myrna Loy, Lucile Watson
Plot Nick, a private detective, visits his hometown with wife Nora. Locals believe he's investigating a case. When someone is murdered on his doorstep, Nick gets embroiled in solving the crime despite intending a vacation.
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The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
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Director Robert Z. Leonard
Writer William Anthony McGuire
Cast William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer
Plot The ups and downs of Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., famed producer of extravagant stage revues, are portrayed.
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I Love You Again (1940)
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Director W.S. Van Dyke
Writer Leon Gordon, Maurine Dallas Watkins, Octavus Roy Cohen
Cast William Powell, Myrna Loy, Frank McHugh
Plot Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.
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Love Crazy (1941)
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Director Jack Conway
Writer William Ludwig, Charles Lederer, David Hertz
Cast William Powell, Myrna Loy, Gail Patrick
Plot A wife suspecting infidelity starts divorce proceedings, so the husband pretends to be insane in order to delay the divorce and clear up the misunderstanding.
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Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
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Director W.S. Van Dyke, Jack Conway, George Cukor
Writer Oliver H.P. Garrett, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Arthur Caesar
Cast Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy
Plot The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.
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Song of the Thin Man (1947)
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Director Edward Buzzell
Writer Steve Fisher, Nat Perrin, James O'Hanlon
Cast William Powell, Myrna Loy, Keenan Wynn
Plot Nick and Nora Charles are on a gambling boat when someone is murdered. The two main suspects are at large and come to Nick for help. Nick turns them in to the police but then sets out to figure out the mystery.
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The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
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Director Michael Curtiz
Writer S.S. Van Dine, Robert N. Lee, Peter Milne
Cast William Powell, Mary Astor, Eugene Pallette
Plot Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.
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Jewel Robbery (1932)
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Director William Dieterle
Writer Erwin Gelsey, Ladislas Fodor, Bertram Bloch
Cast William Powell, Kay Francis, Helen Vinson
Plot A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jewellers.
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Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
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Director Lemuel Ayers, Roy Del Ruth, Robert Lewis
Writer David Freedman, Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane
Cast William Powell, Judy Garland, Lucille Ball
Plot The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. looks down from Heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.
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Double Wedding (1937)
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Director Richard Thorpe
Writer Jo Swerling, Ferenc Molna¡r
Cast William Powell, Myrna Loy, Florence Rice
Plot Two sisters of differing temperaments, the younger's milquetoast fiancé, and a free-spirited artist in an auto trailer are all experiencing romantic complications.
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The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)
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Director Stephen Roberts
Writer Anthony Veiller, James Edward Grant
Cast William Powell, Jean Arthur, James Gleason
Plot A wealthy mystery writer uses her doctor ex-husband's non-payment of alimony to coerce him into a reconciliation.
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Evelyn Prentice (1934)
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Director William K. Howard
Writer Lenore J. Coffee, W.E. Woodward, Howard Emmett Rogers
Cast William Powell, Myrna Loy, Una Merkel
Plot The neglected wife of a high profile attorney dallies with a unscrupulous womanizer and finds herself involved in blackmail and murder.
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Fashions of 1934 (1934)
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Director William Dieterle
Writer F. Hugh Herbert, Carl Erickson, Harry Collins
Cast William Powell, Bette Davis, Frank McHugh
Plot When the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner Snap and fashion designer Lynn Mason to provide discount shops with cheap copies of Paris couture dresses.
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Crossroads (1942)
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Director Jack Conway
Writer Guy Trosper, John H. Kafka, Howard Emmett Rogers
Cast William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, Claire Trevor
Plot An amnesiac French diplomat is blackmailed for crimes that he committed before he lost his memory.
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Star of Midnight (1935)
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Director Stephen Roberts
Writer Howard J. Green, Anthony Veiller, Edward Kaufman
Cast William Powell, Ginger Rogers, Paul Kelly
Plot When a dancer disappears from a theater, her former lover asks lawyer Clay Dalzell to investigate, leading him on a trail of murder and deception.
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The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)
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Director Richard Boleslawski, Dorothy Arzner, George Fitzmaurice
Writer Leon Gordon, Samson Raphaelson, Monckton Hoffe
Cast Robert Montgomery, Joan Crawford, William Powell
Plot Two English aristocrats pursue a rich American widow who may not be quite the person she claims to be.
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Reckless (1935)
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Director Victor Fleming
Writer P.J. Wolfson, David O. Selznick, Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast Jean Harlow, William Powell, Franchot Tone
Plot Wealthy Bob Harrison buys all the seats in the theatre to watch Mona Leslie's musical by himself. He loves her, her agent Ned Riley loves her. Conflict ensues.
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Double Harness (1933)
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Director John Cromwell
Writer Jane Murfin, Edward Poor Montgomery
Cast Ann Harding, William Powell, Lucile Browne
Plot A woman tricks a playboy into marrying her and then tries to make him legitimately fall in love with her.
