L'Ombra Dell'Uomo Ombra
W.S. Van Dyke
(1941)
Italiano
Nick e Nora sperano di trascorrere una giornata di svago alle corse, ma la speranza si infrange quando viene rinvenuto il corpo di un fantino ucciso con un colpo di rma da fuoco. Molto di recente, l'uomo era stato accusato di aver venduto una corsa. Con il suo amico Abrams incaricato dell'indagine, per Nick sarò impossibile non farsi coinvolgere.
L'ombra dell'Uomo Ombra (Shadow of the Thin Man ) è un film in bianco e nero di genere commedia, drammatico, giallo, poliziesco, romantico della durata di 97 min. diretto da W.S. Van Dyke e interpretato da William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson, Donna Reed, Sam Levene, Alan Baxter, Henry O'Neill, Richard Hall, Stella Adler, Loring Smith.
Prodotto nel 1941 in USA.
Note
I film della serie sono: (1) L'uomo ombra (The thin man, 1934), (2) Dopo l'uomo ombra (After the Thin Man, 1936), (3) Si riparla dell'uomo ombra (Another Thin Man, 1939), (4) L'ombra dell'uomo ombra (Shadow of the Thin Man, 1941), diretti ancora da Van Dyke, (5) L'uomo ombra torna a casa (The Thin Man Goes Home, 1944) di Richard Thorpe, e (6) Il canto dell'uomo ombra (Song of the Thin Man, 1947) per la regia di Edward Buzzell. E' in lavorazione un remake del film diretto da Rob Marshall e il ruolo del protagonista sarà interpretato da Johnny Depp.
English
Nick and Nora Charles are looking forward to a relaxing day at a racetrack, but when a jockey accused of throwing a race is found shot to death, Police Lieutenant Abrams requests Nick's help. The trail leads to a gambling syndicate that operates out of a wrestling arena, a murdered reporter, and a pretty secretary whose boyfriend has been framed. Along the way, Nick and Nora must contend with a wild wrestling match, a dizzying day at a merry-go-round (accompanied by Nick, Jr.), and a table-clearing restaurant brawl.
Notes
Shadow of the Thin Man is the fourth of the six The Thin Man films. It was released in 1941 and was directed by W. S. Van Dyke. It stars William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles. Also, in this film their son Nick Jr. (Dickie Hall) is old enough to figure in the comic subplot. Other cast members include Donna Reed and Barry Nelson.
Shadow of the Thin Man was eagerly welcomed, coming two years after the previous outing and hitting theaters just two weeks before the attack on Pearl Harbor. It would be three years before Loy would make another film (The Thin Man Goes Home in 1945) as she left Hollywood for New York, where she volunteered with the Red Cross.
The film includes a historic sequence on the then-new San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge when the Charles' car is stopped by a highway patrolman. Just after this scene, there's also a shot of the MacArthur Maze, an interchange on the east end of the bridge. The local racetrack central to the plot is Golden Gate Fields.
For this film, producers moved Nick and Nora from their mansion into a modest flat, in consideration of the cutbacks that U.S. citizens were making during wartime.
L'Ombra Dell'Uomo Ombra
Titolo originale Shadow of the Thin Man
Directed by W.S. Van Dyke
Produced by Hunt Stromberg
Written by Dashiell Hammett (novel)
Harry Kurnitz
Music by Edward Ward
Distributed by MGM
Release dates November 21, 1941 (1941-11-21)
Running time 97 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Cast
* William Powell as Nick Charles
* Myrna Loy as Nora Charles
* Barry Nelson as Paul Clarke
* Donna Reed as Molly
* Sam Levene as Lieutenant Abrams
* Alan Baxter as "Whitey" Barrow
* Henry O'Neill as Major Jason I. Sculley
* Dickie Hall as Nick, Jr.
* Stella Adler as Claire Porter aka Clara Peters
* Loring Smith as "Link" Stephens
* Joseph Anthony as Fred Macy
* Lou Lubin as "Rainbow" Benny
* Louise Beavers as Stella
* Asta as Asta
[DATI TECNICI]
DVD5
Dimensione: 5,24Gt
Lingue: Eng - Ita - Rus
Sottotitoli: Ita-Eng-Fra-Ned-Ara
Regione: 2 PAL
Durata: 1H33min
Extra: Si
Risoluzione: 4:3 - 720x576
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