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| Turtles in Movies | ||
| Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) | ||
| Spoiler Alert ! Some of these pictures and descriptions may give away plot details that you might not want to know before watching the film. |
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| This is the fourth movie in the 6 movie Thin Man franchise, based on a Dashiell Hammett novel and starring the constantly-wisecracking William Powell as Nick, Myrna Loy as Nora, and Asta as their dog. Nick is a private detective who retired when he married his rich high-society wife, but he keeps getting dragged into mysteries to solve. This one involves a race track. In the turtle scene, Nick and Nora and their friends are sitting at the bar of a seafood restaurant cheering four hatchling turtles that are racing to a finish line drawn across the bar, as if this is something they do every time they go out. Drunk people will enjoy almost anything without considering the consequences. Games such as turtle racing are still common in some bars, so this was probably based on fact. You can watch a turtle race at Big Joe's Pub in Chicago in this YouTube video, but keep in mind that wildlife organizations have been trying to stop them or at least get them heavily regulated to keep the turtles from suffering. |
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