A former reporter returns home after serving in the Army during World War I and discovers that finding work is more difficult than he expected Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding attended by many of the citys r
An explosives manufacturer suspects a young man is out to kill him He calls in new parents Nick and Nora to sort things out
The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman
When a socialite sues a big paper for libel, the editor responsible calls in the help of his ignored fiancee and a former employee to frame her and make the false story seem true
A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler but theres more to Godfrey than meets the eye
Former detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora investigate a murder case, mostly for the fun of it
Two English aristocrats pursue a rich American widow who may not be quite the person she claims to be
When the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner Snap and fashion designer Lynn Mason to provide discount shops with cheap copies of Paris couture dresses
Attorneys daughter falls for one of his gangster clients
While on vacation in the Caribbean with his wife, a middle aged man unexpectedly finds, and falls in love with, a mermaid
Idealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully beats high profile legal eagle Granville Bentley in a murder case Bentley asks Adam to become a partner in his law firm But Adams rising career ta
A jockey has been shot dead at the race track Famous detective Nick Charles and his wife Nora happen to be on the scene and Lt Abrahams asks for Nicks expert help
A straitlaced turn of the century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost
In the waning days of World War II, the cargo officer of a Navy supply ship chafes at its role far from the action in the Pacifics backwater areas, his frustration rising when its captain denies the crew liberty ov
Gossip, snobbery, mistrust, divorce and a mail order engagement dominate the lives of the British upper class living in the plantation colonies of Southeast Asia
A ruthless, crooked stockbroker is murdered at his luxurious country estate, and detective Philo Vance just happens to be there He decides to find out who killed him
Nick and Nora Charles visit Nicks parents in Nicks hometown of Sycamore Springs The town is a very peaceful and law abiding one but Nick soon has a murder case on his hands
During a conference trip to L A , an academic runs into an old flame and into trouble with the police when she disappears, presumed murdered
The ups and downs of Florenz Ziegfeld Jr , famed producer of extravagant stage revues, are portrayed
At the end of each year, the extremely wealthy but odious Greene family gets together at the spooky old family castle to establish terms of a will, though they despise each other This year, they start being mysteri
The story of one of the most infamous books ever written, The Anarchist Cookbook, and the role its played in the life of its author, now 65, who wrote it at 19 in the midst of the counterculture upheaval of the lat
When a dancer disappears from a theater, her former lover asks lawyer Clay Dalzell to investigate, leading him on a trail of murder and deception
Nick and Nora Charles are on a gambling boat when someone is murdered The two main suspects are at large and come to Nick for help Nick turns them into the police but then sets out to figure out the mystery
A beautiful showgirl, nicknamed the Canary, is a scheming nightclub singer Blackmailing is her game and soon ends up dead But who killed the Canary All the suspects who knew her had been used by her The only witnes
Private detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora are back home at last and hoping for a quiet New Year when there is a murder The obvious suspect is his wife, Noras cousin, Selma
A young American girl visits Paris accompanied by her fiancee and her wealthy uncle There she meets and is romanced by a worldly novelist what she doesnt know is that he is a blackmailer who is using her to get to
A woman tricks a playboy into marrying her and then tries to make him legitimately fall in love with her
A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary