L'uomo ombra
Trama
Tratto dall'omonimo romanzo giallo di Dashiell Hammett, il film è una brillante commedia sofisticata con spunti gialli, incentrata sulla vicenda di Nick e Nora Charles, una coppia di coniugi (ex investigatore lui, ricca ereditiera lei sempre accompagnati dalla cagnetta Asta) amanti della baldoria e dell'alcol, impegnati a investigare sulla scomparsa di uno scienziato e sugli omicidi che ne seguono.
Una risata supera ogni momento di tensione!
(1934) Commedia , Mistero , Crime
Data rilascio : 25/05/1934
regia di W.S. Van Dyke
Budget : 226.408,00 $
Incasso : 1.423.000,00 $
Cast
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
Cyril Thornton - Tanner
Cesar Romero - Chris Jorgenson
Harold Huber - Arthur Nunheim
Natalie Moorhead - Julia Wolf
William Augustin - Wynant's Butler (uncredited)
Polly Bailey - Janitress (uncredited)
Arthur Belasco - Detective (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict - Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Tui Bow - Stenographer (uncredited)
Raymond Brown - Police Dr. Walton (uncredited)
Ruth Channing - Mrs. Jorgenson (uncredited)
Jack Cheatham - Detective (uncredited)
Clay Clement - Quinn (uncredited)
Nick Copeland - Reporter (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty - Fighter at Party (uncredited)
Douglas Fowley - Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Christian J. Frank - Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson - Apartment Clerk (uncredited)
Dick Gordon - Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Creighton Hale - Reporter (uncredited)
Sherry Hall - Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Edward Hearn - Detective (uncredited)
Robert Homans - Billy the Detective (uncredited)
John Irwin - 'Face' Tefler (uncredited)
Thomas E. Jackson - Reporter (uncredited)
Sydney Jarvis - Witness (uncredited)
Tiny Jones - Woman Buying Newspaper (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp - Night Club Patron (uncredited)
John Larkin - Porter (uncredited)
Walter Long - Stutsy Burke (uncredited)
Fred Malatesta - Joe - Headwaiter (uncredited)
Hans Moebus - Night Club Patron (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien - Bartender (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor - Detective Waiter (uncredited)
Henry Otho - Burly Party Waiter-Bodyguard (uncredited)
Garry Owen - Detective (uncredited)
Lee Phelps - Detective (uncredited)
Alexander Pollard - Waiter Hired for Dinner (uncredited)
Albert Pollet - Waiter Hired for Dinner (uncredited)
Bob Reeves - Cop (uncredited)
Bert Roach - Crying Man at Party (uncredited)
Rolfe Sedan - Waiter (uncredited)
Gertrude Short - Marian (uncredited)
Lee Shumway - Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Skippy - Asta (uncredited)
Pietro Sosso - Butler (uncredited)
Ben Taggart - Police Captain (uncredited)
Phil Tead - Reporter (uncredited)
George Templeton - Reporter (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook - Guest at Nick's Party (uncredited)
Huey White - Minor Role (uncredited)
Leo White - Leo - Waiter (uncredited)
Charles Williams - Fighter Manager (uncredited)