Society sleuths Nic k and No ra Charles investi gate a murder aboard a flo ating casino. Nick and No ra Charles are attending a charity benefi t ab oard a gambling sh ip. After a murder occurs, suspicion falls on Phil Bra nt, who had argued with the victim earlier in th e evenin g. When Phi l and his wif e se ek help from N ick and Nora, Nick r efuses to get in volved. But when s hots are f ired outside his own apar tment , Nick begins to investiga te, and he soon finds himself in a confusing case with numero us su spects. Nick and Nora Charles were the u ltimate sc reen couple , husband a nd w ife detect ives, always in step and never mi ssing an opportunity to outwit one ano ther as the y solved e ach crime, which they did just in time f or the movie's ending. Myrna Loy was a fantastic Nor a, the idea l wife and c onsideri ng she m ade 14 movi es w ith William Powel l, she made it look like they were really marr ied. The Thin Ma n movies, al l six of them, pl ayed more like sophisticated sc rewball comedies tha n murder mysterie s, and their comic ba nter enhanced the pr oceed ings. Thei r little wire-hair ed terrier, Asta, quite often stole the scene a s he helped sl euth ou t the gu ilty party. He was a g reat little actor and rumor had it that away from the Thin Man movies, Ast a was really Skippy. However, the six Thin Man movies credi t this cute pooch as As ta.
精彩剧情/对白：“要不是如今的姐夫买了 姐姐，姐姐可是要被你们卖 给那个光棍的，那个光棍今年娶了媳妇，如今已经被 打死了！若不是姐夫，被打死的人就是姐姐！就你们做的 这些事情，姐姐就压根不可 能帮你们的 ！所以你们 有多远就走多远吧！ ”
“学堂是我封地里的所有村子里 孩子，都能过来读书，我所收回来的赋税，会 用在请夫子上，所以只 要是我封地 里的孩子们读书，是不 需要束修的，但需要一些 书本费。至 于书舍的书，我会捐赠进去，书舍则是不 限我封地 村里的孩子去看，而是只要在一的名额内，都可以去看的，到时候会出详细的细则。”
“你真是个傻小子，我 也就是说说 ，我自己现在都没有回城的 机会，泥菩萨过江自 身难保，可没本事把 你弄进去，我回家后还得想办法跟我爸缓和 关系，不过你 进工厂的事 情，我会记着的，这么好的小伙子， 总待在养殖 场怪可惜的。”
“老二，我也不瞒 你，我们在城里做这个营生呢，做的还不错，每个月 三无两银子是有的，只 是以前老三那花费高，他一 个月要五两银子， 有时候更多，所以家里才会 过的这样苦。如今每个月不 需要花这五两了，只要 一年，我们家这日子啊，就慢慢过下来了。”
“家族，虽然是自古以 来的弥留，但这也是先人制定的制度，这并不是是 ，任何的时代都适合用 到它的，如今大 炎昌盛，皇上是个明君且 包容性强，家族的存在与否，并不像是制定制度的时候那么重要了，既然如此 ，何不推翻它呢？ 让其他深受其害的人，也能解脱
