by Hans J. Wollstein
review
The Charleses, Nick (William Powell) and Nora (Myrna Loy), are as charming as ever, perhaps even more so, in this their second whodunit, which almost plays like a Warner Bros. thriller: fast-paced, noisy, and never dull. A huge cast of Runyon-esque supporting characters keeps the pot boiling merrily and the climactic unmasking of the real killer is, for once, quite a surprise. W.S. Van Dyke and his writers knew exactly how to spin such a yarn and get the most out of a breezy story that takes you from stuffy Nob Hill to Chinatown and back. After the Thin Man, incidentally, is the last entry in the series with a title that makes any kind of sense.
