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Meurtre en musique

Original title: Song of the Thin Man
  • 1947
  • Tous publics
  • 1h 26m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
6.1K
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7,855
Myrna Loy, William Powell, Dean Stockwell, and Asta Jr. in Meurtre en musique (1947)
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Nick and Nora Charles are on a gambling boat when someone is murdered. The two main suspects are at large and come to Nick for help. Nick turns them in to the police but then sets out to fig... Read allNick and Nora Charles are on a gambling boat when someone is murdered. The two main suspects are at large and come to Nick for help. Nick turns them in to the police but then sets out to figure out the mystery.Nick and Nora Charles are on a gambling boat when someone is murdered. The two main suspects are at large and come to Nick for help. Nick turns them in to the police but then sets out to figure out the mystery.

  • Director
    • Edward Buzzell
  • Writers
    • Steve Fisher
    • Nat Perrin
    • James O'Hanlon
  • Stars
    • William Powell
    • Myrna Loy
    • Keenan Wynn
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    6.1K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,397
    7,855
    • Director
      • Edward Buzzell
    • Writers
      • Steve Fisher
      • Nat Perrin
      • James O'Hanlon
    • Stars
      • William Powell
      • Myrna Loy
      • Keenan Wynn
    • 57User reviews
    • 32Critic reviews
    • 60Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    William Powell
    William Powell
    • Nick Charles
    Myrna Loy
    Myrna Loy
    • Nora Charles
    Keenan Wynn
    Keenan Wynn
    • Clarence 'Clinker' Krause
    Dean Stockwell
    Dean Stockwell
    • Nick Charles Jr.
    Phillip Reed
    Phillip Reed
    • Tommy Edlon Drake
    • (as Philip Reed)
    Patricia Morison
    Patricia Morison
    • Phyllis Talbin
    Leon Ames
    Leon Ames
    • Mitchell Talbin
    Gloria Grahame
    Gloria Grahame
    • Fran Ledue Page
    Jayne Meadows
    Jayne Meadows
    • Janet Thayar
    Ralph Morgan
    Ralph Morgan
    • David I. Thayar
    Bess Flowers
    Bess Flowers
    • Jessica Thayar
    Don Taylor
    Don Taylor
    • Buddy Hollis
    Warner Anderson
    Warner Anderson
    • Dr. Monolaw
    Bruce Cowling
    Bruce Cowling
    • Phil Orval Brant
    Connie Gilchrist
    Connie Gilchrist
    • Bertha
    Henry Nemo
    • The Neem
    William Bishop
    William Bishop
    • Al Amboy
    Marie Windsor
    Marie Windsor
    • Helen Amboy
    • Director
      • Edward Buzzell
    • Writers
      • Steve Fisher
      • Nat Perrin
      • James O'Hanlon
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    9kenandraf

    Good mystery comedy

    Good mystery comedy movie that was certainly carried by the lead stars.The production was average and the script was not as good as the previous THIN MAN films.Still delivers the basics of the genre though so if you are a fan of the THIN MAN films or a big fan of comedy mysteries or a big fan of the lead stars here,you will like this movie......
    7Terrell-4

    Nick and Nora Charles stroll off arm-in-arm into the distance. We'll miss them

    Song of the Thin Man is a sad-sweet experience, something like meeting a good friend you haven't seen in years and realizing how much affection you still have for him... but also how much you both have aged. It's been 13 years since The Thin Man appeared in 1934. We have to stop and remember that Nick Charles wasn't the thin man back then; that particular thin man was just one of the many murder victims Nick and Nora came across in their six movies. We remember the sophistication and insouciance of this affectionate and clever couple. They were never at a loss for a quick come-back or to shake a cold, gin martini. Even Nick's modus operandi to bring all the suspects together at the conclusion and pick apart the case until he has the murderer squirming never quite got stale. Alas, with Song of the Thin Man we have the MGM factory squeezing out one more film to try to wring a profit from it, this time attempting to make it "contemporary" by setting the story in the post-WWII social world of after-hours jazz clubs, bebop musicians and hep cat dialogue. Nick and Nora never looked uncomfortable anywhere their adventures took them in the past. They look at times now as out of place as salesmen from Peru, Indiana, at a Linda and Cole Porter party.

    Gone is the sophisticated world of white sofas and polished black floors, of naughty Porter lyrics and earnestly sophisticated Gershwin tunes. Martinis seem oddly old fashioned now (and so do Old Fashioneds) as Nick drinks high balls and Nora sips sherry. And instead of clever repartee, Song of the Thin Man gives us the kind of dialogue only studio journeymen can write. Says one character, "I must have blown my top, kicking Buddy over for a road company Casanova like you!" The solution depends on the kind of half-baked, melodramatic psychology popular at the time. To make it even more tedious, there are no characters except Nick and Nora to care about. The movie is peopled with crooks, opportunists, gold- diggers, scat-talking musicians and the unattractive rich. The acting is so variable that it doesn't take long to realize we're watching the kind of movie that MGM did not waste much effort on.

    Why spend time on it? Two names: William Powell and Myrna Loy. Even though 13 years have elapsed, even though, at 55, Powell is a little fuller around the face (Loy at 42 doesn't seem to have changed a bit) and even though WWII altered decisively the world of films, they remain one of the most refreshing, attractive and delightful movie pairs in screen history. They raise the movie, if at least not to their level, to a level of enduring affection for their style, their warmth, their intelligence and, that word again, their insouciance. So three stars is too much for the movie but five stars is too little for them.
    6planktonrules

    several notches below the original

    While I enjoyed this final THIN MAN movie, I've gotta admit that it was far less enjoyable than the first few entries in this series. Maybe the actors were getting tired or the writers had writer's block--but the movie just lacked the most important factor for a THIN MAN movie--FUN! Yes, some of the wonderful banter between Nick and Nora was present (particularly when Nora talks "jive"), but only here and there--not nearly as often or as hilarious as in previous films. And, unfortunately, the plot also is pretty convoluted (though I must admit that plot is NOT the primary reason people watched the films--it was the characters). Also, their son, played by Dean Stockwell, was never developed as a character and, Frankly, Nick and Nora seemed like TERRIBLE parents. Oh well, despite all these complaints, it still is a pretty good film--slightly better than average but that's really about all.
    7AlsExGal

    Swan song of the Thin Man

    I apologize for having the same obvious review title as several others, but I just couldn't help myself. This is only the least of the Thin Man movies if you have seen all of the others, especially the energetic precode that started it all. If this was the only Thin Man film you ever saw, you'd think it a superior mystery of its era with great leads.

    It is 1947, Nick is obviously in middle age, Nora is on the edge of it, and our dynamic detective duo of the 30's and the war years (they made one film during WWII) are in a brave new postwar world that they do not quite fit into, nor do they understand. Their son is about ten and is getting old enough to defy them, and two young friends, socialite Janet Thayar and her newly wed musician husband Phil Brant come to them for help. They need help because the night before, aboard a shipboard nightclub, band leader Tommy Drake has been murdered, and because Brant and Drake were seen arguing, of course the police jump to conclusions and assume Phil did it.

    Now as usual there are many suspects, some that are obvious and some that are not so obvious. However, to solve the crime, Nick has to investigate a world completely foreign to him - that of postwar jazz and the jive talking of the inhabitants of that world that sound like a foreign language to him. Nick hasn't lost a step in his investigation abilities, he's just having some trouble with the changing times.

    I don't know if this was meant to be the last of the Thin Man films, or it just happened to be, but it was a perfect ending. Nick and Nora are moving into middle age, it is time for a new generation to take over, symbolized by the newlywed Brants, and the Charles' are ready to wander off into the sunset and deal with their son's upcoming teen years. A perfect ending to a perfect series.

    My favorite scene has nothing to do with the crime. It is when the Charles' son has tried to duck out on piano practice and go play ball against their direct orders. Nora says a spanking is in order and hands this task over to Nick who hesitates as he thinks back on his son's birth, the good times, and then one memory of his son being a brat hits him and he is able to complete the task. In this one way Nick and Nora were very postwar - they winced at corporal punishment. This was probably the reason the baby boomers were entitled hippies in their teens and 20s, the most prudish bunch of old people since the pilgrims in middle age, and want the government to keep their hands off of their Medicare now that they are old. But I digress.

    At any rate, adieu Nick and Nora, no sleuthing team before or after you were ever your equal in charm, teamwork, insight or just plain fun.
    estabansmythe

    The worst still better than most!

    Did Nick and Nora's swan song, "Song Of The Thin Man," try just a tad too hard to be hip and cool? Yep.

    You know what that means? It means, so what? It means that what many consider the least popular of the Thin Man movie is still better than most.

    For Nick and Nora's final bit of sleuthing and their first in a couple years (since the wonderful Thin Man Goes Home), they enter the ultra-hip, ultra-cool, slanged-out world of jazz, courtesy of their tour guide, reed-man Keenan Wynn, who couldn't put together a sentence of straight Queen's English to save his shoe bottom (soul).

    Who killed the band leader? All I can say is, it wasn't Nick or Nora or Asta.

    By 1947, William Powell's waistline has expanded slightly and Myrna Loy long ago gave up the sheer, slinky gowns that had us all drooling, but they can still cut it, rug and all.

    Were six Thin Man movies enough? Not for me.

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    • Trivia
      The last film for Myrna Loy at MGM, where she had made the majority of her films since the 1930s. In her autobiography she stated this picture was a "lackluster finish to a great series", and that she "hated" it.
    • Goofs
      When the thug on the boat throws the knife at Asta, the string that guides it to it's target in the door is visible.
    • Quotes

      Nick Charles: If the party gets rough, duck.

      Nora Charles: I'm practically under the table now, but not the way I like to be.

    • Connections
      Featured in It's Showtime (1976)
    • Soundtracks
      You're Not So Easy to Forget
      (1947)

      By Herb Magidson and Ben Oakland

      Played during the opening credits, as background music and at the end

      Played by a band on the S.S. Fortune and sung by Gloria Grahame (uncredited) dubbed by Carol Arden (uncredited)

      Played on clarinet by Don Taylor (uncredited) often

      Reprised by Gloria Grahame (uncredited) at the ship reopening and on a record

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    • Release date
      • August 11, 1948 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La ruleta de la muerte
    • Filming locations
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • Budget
      • $1,670,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 26m(86 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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