Evelyn Prentice

Nov 9, 1934

1h 19m

★ 6.5

Remember "The Thin Man"? Well, here they are together again!

Overview

A criminal lawyer's wife is blackmailed when she is falsely accused of infidelity.

Genres

Drama

Mystery

Romance

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

John Prentice

William Powell

Evelyn Prentice

Myrna Loy

Amy Drexel

Una Merkel

Mrs. Nancy Harrison

Rosalind Russell

Judith Wilson

Isabel Jewell

Lawrence Kennard

Harvey Stephens

Eddie Delaney

Edward Brophy

Chester Wylie

Henry Wadsworth

Dorothy Prentice

Cora Sue Collins

District Attorney Farley

Frank Conroy

Mrs. Blake

Jessie Ralph

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Ruth Renick

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2.0

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