Filmed between the original Thin Man and the first of its sequels, William Powell and Myrna Loy are re-teamed as another husband-and-wife team knee deep in a murder mystery.

Evelyn, his wife, and her guests end up at a night club where Lawrence Kennard, a poet and gigolo, tries to strike up a conversation but is rebuffed.

Despite her husband's efforts to prevent her, Evelyn blurts out that she apparently shot Kennard when they struggled over the gun.

John manages to get Judith to confess to shooting Kennard, and to convince the jury it was self-defense.

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