Cena con delitto - Knives Out
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Film / 1934
L'uomo ombra
Regia
W.S. Van Dyke
Tratto dall'omonimo romanzo giallo di Dashiell Hammett, il film è una brillante commedia sofisticata con spunti gialli, incentrata sulla vicenda di Nick e Nora Charles, una coppia di coniugi (ex investigatore lui, ricca ereditiera lei sempre accompagnati dalla cagnetta Asta) amanti della baldoria e dell'alcol, impegnati a investigare sulla scomparsa di uno scienziato e sugli omicidi che ne seguono.
La storia
Tratto dall'omonimo romanzo giallo di Dashiell Hammett, il film è una brillante commedia sofisticata con spunti gialli, incentrata sulla vicenda di Nick e Nora Charles, una coppia di coniugi (ex investigatore lui, ricca ereditiera lei sempre accompagnati dalla cagnetta Asta) amanti della baldoria e dell'alcol, impegnati a investigare sulla scomparsa di uno scienziato e sugli omicidi che ne seguono.
Cast
William PowellNick Charles
Myrna LoyNora Charles
Maureen O'SullivanDorothy Wynant
Nat PendletonInspector Guild
Minna GombellMimi Wynant
Porter HallHerbert MacCaulay
Henry WadsworthTommy
William HenryGilbert Wynant
Harold HuberArthur Nunheim
Cesar RomeroChris Jorgenson
Natalie MoorheadJulia Wolf
Edward BrophyJoe Morelli
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Edward EllisClyde Wynant
Cyril ThorntonTanner
William AugustinWynant's Butler (uncredited)
Polly BaileyJanitress (uncredited)
Arthur BelascoDetective (uncredited)
Brooks BenedictNight Club Patron (uncredited)
Tui BowStenographer (uncredited)
Raymond BrownDr. Walton (uncredited)
Ruth ChanningMrs. Jorgenson (uncredited)
Jack CheathamDetective (uncredited)
Clay ClementQuinn (uncredited)
Dorothy ComptonMaid at Dinner Party (uncredited)
Nick CopelandReporter (uncredited)
John DunsmuirBoxer at Party (uncredited)
Pat FlahertyFighter at Party (uncredited)
Bess FlowersNick's Party Guest (uncredited)
Douglas FowleyTaxi Driver (uncredited)
Christian J. FrankPlainclothesman (uncredited)
Kay GarrettNightclub Patron (uncredited)
Kenneth GibsonApartment Clerk (uncredited)
Dick GordonNight Club Patron (uncredited)
Creighton HaleReporter (uncredited)
Sherry HallTaxi Driver (uncredited)
Edward HearnDetective (uncredited)
Robert HomansBilly (uncredited)
John IrwinFace Tefler (uncredited)
Thomas E. JacksonReporter (uncredited)
Sydney JarvisWitness (uncredited)
Tiny JonesWoman Buying Newspaper (uncredited)
Kenner G. KempNight Club Patron (uncredited)
John LarkinPorter (uncredited)
Dixie LaughtonJanitress (uncredited)
Walter LongStutsy Burke (uncredited)
Fred MalatestaJoe (uncredited)
Hans MoebusNight Club Patron (uncredited)
William H. O'BrienBartender (uncredited)
Frank O'ConnorDetective Waiter (uncredited)
Henry OthoBurly Party Waiter-Bodyguard (uncredited)
Garry OwenDetective (uncredited)
Lee PhelpsDetective (uncredited)
Alexander PollardWaiter Hired for Dinner (uncredited)
Albert PolletWaiter Hired for Dinner (uncredited)
Bob ReevesCop (uncredited)
Bert RoachCrying Man at Party (uncredited)
Rolfe SedanWaiter (uncredited)
Gertrude ShortMarian (uncredited)
Lee ShumwayPlainclothesman (uncredited)
SkippyAsta (uncredited)
Pietro SossoButler (uncredited)
Ben TaggartPolice Captain (uncredited)
Phil TeadReporter (uncredited)
George TempletonReporter (uncredited)
Harry TenbrookGuest at Nick's Party (uncredited)
Leo WhiteLeo (uncredited)
Charles WilliamsFighter Manager (uncredited)
Will Aubrey(uncredited)
Huey White(uncredited)
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