Cast & Crew

Directed by

W.S. Van Dyke

Writing Credits

Frances Goodrich
(screen play) and
Albert Hackett
(screen play)
Dashiell Hammett
(from the story by)

Cast

William Powell
Nick Charles
Myrna Loy
Nora Charles
James Stewart
David Graham
Elissa Landi
Selma Landis
Joseph Calleia
'Dancer'
Jessie Ralph
Aunt Katherine
Alan Marshal
Robert Landis
Teddy Hart
Casper
Sam Levene
Abrams
Penny Singleton
Polly
William Law
Lum Kee
George Zucco
Dr. Kammer
Paul Fix
Phil
Asta
Asta
Mrs. Asta
Mrs. Asta
Jack Adair
Escort of Dizzy Blonde
Eadie Adams
Singer at Welcome Home Party
Ernie Alexander
Filing Clerk in Morgue
Eddie Allen
Minor Role
Murray Alper
The Kid
Charles Arnt
Drunk
Will Aubrey
Minor Role
Vince Barnett
Wrester's Manager
William 'Billy' Benedict
Newsboy
Margaret Bert
Nightclub Customer During Polly's Singing Act
James Blaine
San Francisco Policeman
Jimmy Blair
Specialty Dancer
Phil Bloom
Nightclub Patron
Ward Bond
Party Guest
Jimmy Brewster
Thug
Donald Briggs
Reporter
Harlan Briggs
Burton Forrest
Michael Brooke
Nightclub Patron
Ralph Brooks
Nightclub Patron
William Burress
Cousin Lucius
Joe Caits
Joe
James Carlisle
Man Reading Newspaper
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Party Guest
Phyllis Coghlan
Maid
Irene Coleman
Chorus Girl
Heinie Conklin
Trainman
Baldwin Cooke
Photographer
Edith Craig
Girl with Fireman
Richard Cramer
Iceman
Jack Daley
Bartender
Edgar Dearing
Bill
Jimmy Dime
Nightclub Patron
Flossie Dunlap
Party Guest
Cecil Elliott
Servant
Frank Fanning
Warden
Bess Flowers
Party Guest
Charles Fogel
Nightclub Patron
Lloyd Ford
Party Guest
Chester Gan
Chinese Waiter
Melvin J. Gibby
Lichee Club Waiter
Mary Gordon
Rose
Maude Turner Gordon
Cousin Helen
William Gould
Detective
Fred Graham
Newspaper Distributor
Jesse Graves
Red Cap
Jack Grey
Plainclothesman
George Guhl
Policeman at Party
Ben Hall
Butcher Boy
Sherry Hall
Photographer
Lew Harvey
Thug
Sam Hayes
First News Radio Announcer
Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
Screwy
Arthur Housman
Man Rehearsing Welcome Speech
Ethel Jackson
Girl with Fireman
Michael Jeffers
Nightclub Patron
John Kelly
Harold--Chauffeur
Edith Kingdon
Aunt Hattie
Clarence Kolb
The General
Jean Laverty
Chorus Girl
Hal Le Sueur
Polly's Admirer
Harry Leroy
Man in the Mob
Carl M. Leviness
Nightclub Patron
Bert Lindley
Station Agent
Richard Loo
Headwaiter
Jimmie Lucas
Minor Role
Tom McGuire
Plainclothesman
Pat McKee
Party Guest
Charles McMurphy
Cop
Hans Moebus
Party Guest
Roger Moore
Reporter
Sue Moore
Sexy Blonde
Kewpie Morgan
Boyfriend of Girl Standing on Hands
Bob Murphy
Detective
Jack Norton
Reporter
Paddy O'Flynn
Singing Guest
Frank Otto
Taxi Driver
Harvey Parry
Man Standing on Hands
Barbara Pepper
Party Guest
Lee Phelps
Flop House Proprietor
Joe Phillips
Willie the Weeper
Thomas Pogue
Uncle Willie
Richard Powell
Surprised Policeman Who Shot at Mirror
Paul Power
Party Guest
Mae Questel
Party Guest
Jack Raymond
Photographer
George Reed
Dudley
Jack Richardson
Nightclub Patron
Tom Ricketts
Henry the Butler
Cyril Ring
Reporter
Jeanie Roberts
Girl Working with Jerry
Claire Rochelle
Chorus Girl
Constantine Romanoff
Wrestler at Party
Dick Rush
San Francisco Detective
Fred Santley
Reporter
Bert Scott
Man at Piano
Marion Sheldon
Specialty Dancer
Alice H. Smith
Cousin Emily
Ernie Stanton
Thug at Nick's Table
Jane Talent
Chorus Girl
George Taylor
Eddie
Zeffie Tilbury
Aunt Lucy
Edith Trivers
Hat Check Girl
Charles Trowbridge
Ballistics Man
Harry Tyler
Fingers
Guy Usher
Police Captain
Monte Vandergrift
Detective
Dorothy Vaughan
Charlotte
Lucille Ward
Prison Matron
Bobby Watson
Leader of Late Crowd
Norman Willis
Fireman at Party
Eric Wilton
Peter - Nick's Butler
Frieda Worthington
Respectable Woman in Car
William Worthington
'Respectable' Man in Car

Produced by

Hunt Stromberg
producer

Music by

Herbert Stothart
Edward Ward

Cinematography by

Oliver T. Marsh
(photographed by)

Editing by

Robert Kern
film editor (as Robert J. Kern)

Art Direction by

Cedric Gibbons

Set Decoration by

Henry Grace
(uncredited)

Makeup Department

Robert J. Schiffer
makeup artist (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Charles Dorian
assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Harry McAfee
associate art director
Edwin B. Willis
associate art director

Sound Department

Douglas Shearer
recording director

Camera and Electrical Department

Eddie Croninworth
still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Dolly Tree
wardrobe
Eugene Joseff
costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

Wayne Allen
orchestrator (uncredited)
Paul Marquardt
orchestrator (uncredited)
Leonid Raab
orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Wallace Worsley Jr.
script clerk (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Seymour Felix
dance stager
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