Season 2 • Episode 35
LatestNick Charles was a private detective who married the wealthy Nora and decided to settle down and leave the good life. Unfortunately for the couple, Nick's past frequently caught up with him and got the couple involved in mystery after mystery. The series was based on the popular MGM series of movies of the 1930's starring William Powell and Myrna Loy. Peter Lawford and Phyllis Kirk starred as the televison versions of Nick and Nora which ran on NBC for two seasons from 1957-59.
Acting
Lawford and Kirk's chemistry sparkles even when the scripts don't.
Costume
Mid-century Manhattan glamour that makes you resent your sweatpants.
Writing
Witty repartee inherited from the Powell-Loy golden age.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 1950s TV adaptation softened the hard-drinking Charleses for network standards, making them cocktail-sippers rather than the film's heavier imbibers.
Phyllis Kirk was nearly 20 years younger than Myrna Loy, shifting the Charles marriage dynamic from equal partners to something more protective—deliberately or not.
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