This second of MGM's
Thin Man films reteams
William Powell and
Myrna Loy as, respectively, bibulous private detective Nick Charles and his socialite wife Nora. The Charleses are sucked into another murder case via Nick's lovely cousin
Elissa Landi, whose husband
Alan Marshall has vanished. Hubby has been conducting an affair with nightclub thrush
Dorothy McNulty (later known as
Penny Singleton) and is also blackmailing gangsterish
Joseph Calleia. When the corpses begin piling up, Nick and Nora try to piece the clues together, with the earnest assistance of Jimmy Stewart, who carries a torch for Landi. You won't believe who turns out to be the murderer in this one--then again, given the plot's strict adherence to "least likely suspect" formula, you probably will. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide