Nick and Nora's hopes for a pleasant afternoon at the local race track are dashed when a jockey is found shot dead in the locker room. Nick's friend Lt. Abrams wants him to help out but Nick is enjoying the good life too much to get involved. However, he is subsequently approached by Major Scully to look into corruption and the role of organized crime in gambling. Others are killed but in the end, Nick gathers all of the suspects into a room and identifies the killer.《瘦子的影子》是W.S.范戴克于1941 年在美国 导演，由威廉·鲍威尔,玛娜·洛伊,巴瑞·尼尔森,唐娜·里德等出演,剧中使用英语对白,是一部喜剧片电影。