Category: Movie • Genre: Comedy, Crime • Country: USA • Language: English
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.
Category: Movie • Genre: Comedy, Drama • Country: USA • Language: English
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...
Category: Movie • Genre: Comedy, Drama • Country: USA • Language: English, German
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.
Category: Movie • Genre: Drama, Mystery • Country: USA • Language: English
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.
Category: Movie • Genre: Comedy, Crime • Country: USA • Language: English
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.
Category: Movie • Genre: Comedy, Romance • Country: USA • Language: English
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.
Category: Movie • Genre: Comedy, Crime • Country: USA • Language: English
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.
Category: Movie • Genre: Crime, Drama • Country: USA • Language: English
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.
Category: Movie • Genre: Comedy, Drama • Country: USA • Language: English, French
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.
Category: Movie • Genre: Comedy, Drama • Country: USA • Language: English
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.
