Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
103 min. (Feature Film)
A supposedly restful weekend at Col. MacFay's Long Island estate turns into much more, when Nick and Nora Charles (William Powell and Myrna Loy) arrive to find the property surrounded by trigger-happy security guards. An ex-business associate of MacFay's, Phil Church (Sheldon Leonard), has made threats on the Colonel's life and taken up residence at the estate next door. Church spent several years in prison for his part in one of MacFay's business deals, and wants money for his trouble. When MacFay is murdered, suspicion falls on Church when he apparently leaves for Cuba. But MacFay's family and associates may be mixed up in it as well, and it's up to Nick to help the police sort through the long list of suspects and motives.
Shemp Howard, in his only MGM film, has a small role in the final reel of the film as Wacky, one of a group of ex-cons sent up the river by Nick. The guys decide to host a birthday party for 1-year-old Nicky Jr., and find the festivities intruded on by the murder mystery's resolution. Shemp enjoys a brief, funny bit of dialogue when he turns up at the party with an infant in his arms... Creeps Binder: "I didn't know you were married." Wacky: "I ain't. You just told me to bring a kid."
William Powell
Nick Charles
Myrna Loy
Nora Charles
Sheldon Leonard
Phil Church
Virginia Grey
Lois MacFay
Ruth Hussey
Dorothy Waters
Tom Neal
Freddie Coleman
C. Aubrey Smith
Colonel MacFay
Patric Knowles
Dudley Horn
Harry Bellaver
Creeps Binder
William A. Poulsen
Nick Charles Jr.
Otto Kruger
Asst. D.A. Van Slack
Nat Pendleton
Lt. Guild
Edward Gargan
Det. Quinn
Abner Biberman
Dum-Dum
Don Costello
Diamond Back Vogel
Marjorie Main
Mrs. Dolley
Muriel Hutchinson
H. Culverton 'Smitty' Smith
Phyllis Gordon
Mrs. Isabella Bellam
Eddie Hall
Baggage man at train station
Ralph Dunn
Baggage man
Philip Morris
Baggage man
Eddie Gribbon
Baggage man
William Bailey
Freight elevator operator
Guy Repp
Room service waiter
Nell Craig
Nursemaid
Claire Rochelle
Switchboard operator
Horace McMahon
MacFay's chauffeur
Doodles Weaver
Gatekeeper, MacFay estate
George Guhl
Gate guard
Paul Newlan
Tom
Roy Barcroft
Slim
Joe Devlin
Barney
Paul E. Burns
Ticket agent
Milt Parsons
Coroner
Milton Kibbee
Detective
Charles Sherlock
Police photographer
Dick Elliott
Detective
Walter Fenner
Detective
Thomas E. Jackson
Detective
Edward Hearn
Detective
Gladden James
Fingerprint man
William Tannen
State Trooper
Eddie Parker
State Trooper
Charles Brokaw
State Trooper
Frank Coletti
State Trooper
Minerva Pious
Maid
Eddie Buzard
Newsboy
Matty Fain
Hoodlum on telephone
Joe Downing
Hoodlum
Jack Gardner
Driver
Martin Garralaga
Pedro
Stanley Taylor
Taxi driver
Anita Camargo
Hat check girl
Rene Rivero Guillen
Renee & Stella
Ramona Ajon
Renee & Stella
Nestor Paiva
West Indies Club headwaiter
Blanca Vischer
Girl at Nick's table
Sandra Andreva
Girl at Nick's table
Tina Menard
Girl at Nick's table
Rosemary Grimes
Girl at Nick's table
Alberto Morin
West Indies Club waiter
Alphonse Martell
West Indies Club waiter
Rafael Storm
Gigolo at West Indies Club
Brooks Benedict
West Indies Club patron
Toni LaRue
West Indies Club patron
Ronald R. Rondell
West Indies Club patron
Gino Corrado
West Indies Club patron
Alexander D'Arcy
West Indies Club patron
Harold Miller
West Indies Club patron
George Lloyd
West Indies Club patron
Bert Roach
Cookie
Ramon Ros
Dancer
Miguel Fernandez Mila
Dancer
Fred Velasco
Dancer
Rudolph Medina
Dancer
Carmen D'Antonio
Dancer
Jack Clifford
Policeman in West Indies Club
Cy Schindell
Detective in rooming house
Frank Moran
Butch
Frank Jenks
Father
Constantine Romanoff
Tall father in derby
Frank Sully
Pete
Murray Alper
Larry
Shemp Howard
Wacky
John Kelly
Father
Pat McKee
Father
Richard Calderon
Raphael, Wacky's baby
Thomas Martin
Murder scene spectator
Lee Shumway
Policeman in suite
William Pagan
Policeman in suite
James Blaine
Policeman in suite
Nellie V. Nichols
Raphael's mother
James Guilfoyle
Jake
Howard M. Mitchell
Policeman
Unidentified ANOTHER THIN MAN 2
MacFay butlers
Unidentified ANOTHER THIN MAN 4
Switchboard operators
Unidentified ANOTHER THIN MAN 5
Newspaper staff
Unidentified ANOTHER THIN MAN 6
State Troopers
Unidentified ANOTHER THIN MAN 8
West Indies Club staff
Unidentified ANOTHER THIN MAN 9
West Indies Club girls
Unidentified ANOTHER THIN MAN 10
West Indies Club patrons
Unidentified ANOTHER THIN MAN 11
Pedestrians with newspapers
Unidentified ANOTHER THIN MAN 13
Baggage men
Hunt Stromberg
Producer
W. S. Van Dyke
Director
Dashiell Hammett
Original Story
Albert Hackett
Screenplay
Anita Loos
Screenplay
Frances Goodrich
Screenplay
John F. Seitz
Photography
William H. Daniels
Director of Photography
Oliver T. Marsh
Director of Photography
Fredrick Y. Smith
Film Editor
Cedric Gibbons
Art Director
John S. Detlie
Associate Art Director
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Douglas Shearer
Recording Director
Edward Ward
Musical Score
Dolly Tree
Wardrobe
Renee and Stella
Choreographer
Eddie Larkin
Choreographer
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