"On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation."
William Powell
as Nick Charles
Myrna Loy
as Nora Charles
Lucile Watson
as Mrs. Marta Charles
Gloria DeHaven
as Laura Belle Ronson
Anne Revere
as Crazy Mary
Helen Vinson
as Helena Draque
Harry Davenport
as Dr. Bertram Charles
Leon Ames
as Edgar Draque
Donald Meek
as Willie Crump
Edward Brophy
as Brogan
Lloyd Corrigan
as Dr. Bruce Clayworth
Anita Sharp-Bolster
as Hilda
Ralph Brooke
as Peter Berton
Donald MacBride
as Police Chief MacGregor
Morris Ankrum
as Willoughby Peavy
Nora Cecil
as Miss Peavy
Minor Watson
as Sam Ronson
Irving Bacon
as Tom
Virginia Sale
as Tom's Wife
Asta Jr.
as Asta
Joseph Crehan
as Clancy - Policeman at Railroad Station (uncredited)
Tom Dugan
as Studs Lonnegan (uncredited)
Wally Cassell
as Bill Burns (uncredited)
Edward Gargan
as Mickey Finnegan (uncredited)
Rex Evans
as Fat Man in Train Passageway (uncredited)
Charles Halton
as R.T. Tatum (uncredited)
Paul Langton
as Tom Clayworth (uncredited)
Etta McDaniel
as Ronson's Maid (uncredited)
Clarence Muse
as Porter on Train (uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
as Baggage Attendant on Train (uncredited)
Garry Owen
as Pool Player (uncredited)
Jack Perry
as Man in Pool Hall Brawl (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Oliver Blake
as Reporter (uncredited)
Tom Fadden
as Train Passenger in Passageway (uncredited)
Sam Flint
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Harry Hayden
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis
as Third Man Outside Barber Shop(uncredited)
Harry Kurnitz
Story
Robert Riskin
Screenplay
Dwight Taylor
Dashiell Hammett
Characters
Richard Thorpe
Director
Irene
Costume Supervisor
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Ralph E. Winters
Editor
Karl Freund
Director of Photography
David Snell
Music
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Edward C. Carfagno
Marion Herwood Keyes
Costume Assistant
