Clarence Day (William Powell), is a benevolent despot of his 1880s New York City household. His wife Vinnie (Irene Dunne), is the real head of the household. The anecdotal story, encompassing such details as Clarence (Jimmy Lydon), the eldest son's romance with pretty out-of-towner Mary (Elizabeth Taylor). Vinnie tries to get her headstrong husband baptized, else he'll never be able to enter the Kingdom of God.

Society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder aboard a floating casino.　　Nick and Nora Charles are attending a charity benefit aboard a gambling ship.　　After a murder occurs, suspicion falls on Phil Brant, who had argued with the victim earlier in the evening.　　When Phil and his wife seek help from Nick and Nora, Nick refuses to get involved.　　But when shots are fired outside his own apartment, Nick begins to investigate, and he soon finds himself in a confusing case with numerous suspects.　　Nick and Nora Charles were the ultimate screen couple, husband and wife detectives, always in step and never missing an opportunity to outwit one another as they solved each crime, which they did just in time for the movie's ending.　　Myrna Loy was a fantastic Nora, the ideal wife and considering she made 14 movies with William Powell, she made it look like they were really married.　　The Thin Man movies, all six of them, played more like sophisticated screwball comedies than murder mysteries, and their comic banter enhanced the proceedings.　　Their little wire-haired terrier, Asta, quite often stole the scene as he helped sleuth out the guilty party.　　He was a great little actor and rumor had it that away from the Thin Man movies, Asta was really Skippy.　　However, the six Thin Man movies credit this cute pooch as Asta.

　　以报社为背景的喜剧，由三十年代的四大巨星威廉．鲍华、莫娜．罗拉、斯潘塞．特蕾西、琪恩．哈洛联手主演，故事描述报社编辑利用他的未婚妻和前任记者去实施美男计好让一名富豪的女继承人放弃控告报社诽谤罪，不料计划走了样，……搞得好不热闹。全片剧情峰回路转，从头至尾的发展都捉住观众的注意力，导演杰克．康威尔也拍得流畅而紧凑，让四位大明星都有大展演技的机会，因而制造出相当高的喜趣效果。