Song of the Thin Man

A charity benefit sponsored by David Thayar is staged aboard the S.S. Fortune, Phil Brant's gambling ship. The entertainment is provided by a jazz band led by Tommy Drake and featuring singer Fran Page and talented but unstable clarinetist Buddy Hollis.

After a set, Drake informs a displeased Brant that he is quitting, having gotten a much better booking through Mitchell Talbin. However, Drake has a problem: he owes gangster Al Amboy $12,000. When Amboy (who is at the party) hears the news, he demands full payment that night. Drake begs Talbin to give him an advance, but Talbin is unwilling to part with such a large sum. In desperation, Drake sneaks into Brant's office and opens the safe, when he is shot from behind and killed.

MPAA Rating:	NR
Genre:	Crime, Mystery, Musical, Comedy
Country:	United States
Produced By:	Nat Perrin
Directed By:	Edward Buzzell
Written By:	Nat Perrin, Stanley Roberts, Steve Fisher, Dashiell Hammett, Harry Crane, James O'Hanlon
Cast:	James Flavin, Jimmy O'Gatty, William Bishop, Franklyn Farnum, Edwin August, Jayne Meadows, George Chan, Henry Nemo, Joe Ploski, Matt McHugh, Bud Cokes, Mitchell Lewis, Ralph Morgan, Bert Stevens, Ralph Brooks, Sayre Dearing, Leon Ames, Morris Ankrum, Joe Gilbert, Al Bridge, George Anderson, Edward Biby, Marya Marco, William O. Harbach, Steve Carruthers, Eddie Lou Simms, Gloria Grahame, Earle Hodgins, George Sorel, Amzie Strickland, Patricia Morison, Bruce Cowling, Bess Flowers, J.C. Fowler, George Calliga, Tom Dugan, Howard Negley, Donald Kerr, Henry Sylvester, Gregg Barton, James Burke, Scott Seaton, Robert E. Strickland, John Sheehan, Jack Deery, Lyle Latell, Phillip Reed, Charles Sullivan, Carl M. Leviness, Kenneth Gibson, Harry Burns, Joseph La Cava, Herbert Evans, Clinton Sundberg, Harold Miller, George Nardelli, Dean Stockwell, William Roberts, James Conaty, George Bruggeman, Leonard Bremen, Kenner G. Kemp, Rudy Germane, Don Taylor, William Powell, Warner Anderson, Esther Howard, Tom Trout, Keenan Wynn, Connie Gilchrist, Larry Steers, Gene Coogan, James Carlisle, Marie Windsor, Myrna Loy
In Theaters:	Sep 01, 1947
Runtime:	1 hour 26 minutes
Production:	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Budget:	$1,670,000
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