Today, Hammett’s 132nd birthday. And the guy keeps hanging in. On May 1st he cracked Jeopardy! again. S4E170. In the Double Jeopardy round. Category: Life on TCM. $800 clew: In “The Thin Man” Myrna Loy catches up to her husband by ordering 6 of these cocktails — lined up in front of her. Contestant: “What’s a martini?” Ken Jennings: “Yes.” And Myrna Loy was nothing short of great in that Hammett role. What was it Nat Pendleton as police Lt. John Guild said later? “You’ve got hair on your chest, sister!”
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