Bringemovies
← Browse Movies
The Nuisance
TITLE DETAILS

The Nuisance

1933-06-03 · 83 min · ★ 6.0

Comedy · Drama · Romance

Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a conniving ambulance chaser who falls in love with Evans, unaware she's a special investigator for a streetcar company he's repeatedly victimized.

Open detail page

Trailers are previews, not full movies.

No authorized playback source configured. Use the legal watch options below.

Production details

Directors
Jack Conway
Production companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Lee TracyLee TracyJoseph Phineas 'Joe' Stevens
Madge EvansMadge EvansDorothy Mason
Frank MorganFrank MorganDr. Buchanan Prescott
Charles ButterworthCharles ButterworthFloppy Phil Montague
John MiljanJohn MiljanJohn Calhoun
Virginia CherrillVirginia CherrillMiss Rutherford
David LandauDavid LandauKelley
Greta MeyerGreta MeyerMrs. Mannheimer
Herman BingHerman BingWilly
Samuel S. HindsSamuel S. HindsMr. Beaumont
Syd SaylorSyd SaylorFred
Stanley BlystoneStanley BlystonePoliceman at Skating Rink (uncredited)
Ed BradyEd BradyConspirator to Get the District Attorney (uncredited)
Allan CavanAllan CavanDoctor Kahn (uncredited)
Clay ClementClay ClementJudge (uncredited)
Edgar DearingEdgar DearingPoliceman at Streetcar (uncredited)
James DonlanJames DonlanPhotographer (uncredited)
Robert HomansRobert HomansStreetcar Driver (uncredited)
John KellyJohn KellyStreetcar Conductor (uncredited)
Lew KellyLew KellyBartender (uncredited)

Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.

Where to watch

Availability provided by JustWatch via TMDb. Offers can change. Provider links are listed on TMDb; full playback requires a separately authorized source.

Availability not listed for this country.

Recommendations

The Baltimorons
★ 6.3
The Baltimorons2025Comedy · Drama · Romance

A newly sober man's Christmas Eve dental emergency leads to an unexpected romance with his older dentist as they explore Baltimore together.

Love Accidentally
★ 6.1
Love Accidentally2022Comedy · Drama · Romance

Alexa and Jason are competing for a position at an advertising firm when their partners break up with them. Alexa mistakenly texts Jason, and they start a phone-only relationship. When they meet and the truth comes out, will true love prevail?

Happiness for Beginners
★ 6.2
Happiness for Beginners2023Comedy · Drama · Romance

At a crossroads after her divorce, a schoolteacher ventures toward a fresh start in life — and love — when she signs up for a grueling group hiking trip.

A California Christmas
★ 6.4
A California Christmas2020Comedy · Drama · Romance

With his carefree lifestyle on the line, a wealthy charmer poses as a ranch hand to get a hardworking farmer to sell her family’s land before Christmas.

The Other Sister
★ 6.4
The Other Sister1999Comedy · Drama · Romance

A mentally challenged girl proves herself to be every bit as capable as her "perfect" sister when she moves into an apartment and begins going to college.

Irreplaceable You
★ 7.0
Irreplaceable You2018Comedy · Drama · Romance

A stunning cancer diagnosis spurs Abbie to seek a future girlfriend for fiancé and childhood sweetheart Sam, who's clueless when it comes to dating.

Other People's Money
★ 6.1
Other People's Money1991Comedy · Drama · Romance

When a corporate raider threatens a hostile takeover of a 'mom and pop' company, the patriarch of the company enlists the help of his wife's attractive daughter—who is a lawyer—to stop the takeover. However, the raider soon becomes infatuated with her, and enjoys the legal manoeuvring as he tries to win her heart.

Once Around
★ 6.1
Once Around1991Comedy · Drama · Romance

A struggling woman finds unexpected love with a charismatic older salesman at a real estate seminar. Their passionate relationship clashes with the values of her family, particularly her father.

Sidewalks of New York
★ 6.1
Sidewalks of New York2001Comedy · Drama · Romance

The film follows the marital and dating lives of three men and three women who unknowingly form a tangled web of relationships. Interspersing "man on the street" interviews with scenes from the six characters' lives, the film weaves a humorous and biting commentary on the game of love -- easy to start, hard to finish.

A California Christmas: City Lights
★ 6.6
A California Christmas: City Lights2021Comedy · Drama · Romance

Follows Callie and Joseph one year after they fell in love, now running a dairy farm and winery, but their romance is threatened when business and family obligations call Joseph back to the city.

I Met a Girl
★ 6.4
I Met a Girl2020Comedy · Drama · Romance

An aspiring musician struggling with schizophrenia falls for a mysterious woman who may be all in his head. When she suddenly vanishes, he takes off on a cross-country journey across Australia to find her, forcing his long-suffering brother to chase after him.

What's Love Got to Do with It?
★ 6.1
What's Love Got to Do with It?2023Comedy · Romance

Two childhood friends now in their thirties must decide whether to follow their heads or their hearts once the man decides to follow his parents' advice and enter into an arranged marriage in Pakistan.

Cosi
★ 6.2
Cosi1996Comedy · Drama · Romance

Lewis, a young amateur theater director, is offered a job with a governmental program for the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients in a Sydney institution. His project is overrun by one of the patients, who wants to stage the opera Cosi Fan Tutte by Mozart, despite the fact that none of the patients can sing or speak Italian. A comedy of errors ensues, but one which unifies the patients and their director in unexpected ways.

Which Brings Me to You
★ 6.3
Which Brings Me to You2023Comedy · Drama · Romance

Two romantic burnouts, Jane and Will, are immediately drawn to each other at a mutual friend’s wedding. After a disastrous hookup in the coatroom, the two spend the next 24 hours together, trading candid confessions of messy histories and heartbreak, on the off chance that this fling might be the real thing.

Danny Deckchair
★ 6.1
Danny Deckchair2003Comedy · Drama · Romance

An unappreciated laborer's patience reaches breaking point when his girlfriend cancels a romantic holiday. Making light of the situation, he decides to tie hundreds of helium balloons to a chair in an outlandish bid to float to a new life.

Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
★ 5.8
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding2011Comedy · Drama · Romance

A conservative lawyer named Diane takes her two teenage children Jake and Zoe to meet their estranged, hippie grandmother in Woodstock after her husband asks for a divorce.

Not Easily Broken
★ 6.3
Not Easily Broken2009Drama · Romance

A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.

The Lords of Flatbush
★ 5.8
The Lords of Flatbush1974Comedy · Drama · Romance

Set in 1958, the coming of age story follows four lower middle-class Brooklyn teenagers known as The Lords of Flatbush. The Lords chase girls, steal cars, shoot pool, get into street fights, and hang out at a local malt shop.

Love Is in the Air
★ 6.2
Love Is in the Air2023Comedy · Romance

A fiercely independent pilot fighting to keep her family business afloat starts to fall for the man sent by corporate to ground her operation forever.

Coyote Ugly
★ 6.3
Coyote Ugly2000Comedy · Drama · Romance

Graced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations sidelined by the accolades and notoriety she receives at her "day" job as a barmaid at Coyote Ugly. The "Coyotes" as they are affectionately called tantalize customers and the media alike with their outrageous antics, making Coyote Ugly the watering hole for guys on the prowl.

Similar titles

The Aura
★ 7.0
The Aura2005Drama

A quiet, epileptic taxidermist plans the perfect crime. All he needs is the right opportunity. An accident, perhaps…

Turn around
★ 8.0
Turn around2009Drama

Adrien is a cop. One night, during an intervention, a tragedy happens and he ends up nailed to a wheelchair. Because of this accident, his relationship with his wife, Barbara, seriously deteriorates. The couple is in a crisis. Hoping to work on their relationship, they take several days off in Adrien's father's cottage, a small place lost in the mountains. Adrian remains bitter, mentally destroyed by his physical condition. Barbara is frustrated and disappointed. She feels that Adrien has given up. A gang of poachers hunting nearby will exacerbate Barbara's feeling of helplessness.

Thunder Below
★ 7.0
Thunder Below1932Drama

Story of an unhappy wife of oil rigger who labors in a Central American oil field. The bored Susan falls in love with Walt's good friend Ken but keeps her husband in the dark about her feelings... until he's plunged into darkness for real when he loses his eyesight. Susan finds her attentions then wandering yet another man, Davis, and Ken urges her to return to Walt.

Hidden Enemy
★ 7.8
Hidden Enemy2026Drama · Romance

The happy marriage of Gadis and Andhika unravels when an intrusive friend named Suzi enters their lives and systematically destroys their domestic harmony.

Monkey Business
★ 6.9
Monkey Business1931Comedy

Four stowaways get mixed up with gangsters while running riot on an ocean liner.

Horse Feathers
★ 6.9
Horse Feathers1932Comedy · Romance

Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley U, hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against rival Darwin U.

Animal Crackers
★ 6.9
Animal Crackers1930Comedy

The well-known explorer and hunter Captain Spaulding has just returned from Africa, and is being welcomed home with a lavish party at the estate of influential society matron Mrs. Rittenhouse when a valuable painting goes missing. The intrepid Captain Spaulding attempts to solve the crime with the help of his silly secretary Horatio Jamison, while sparring with the anarchic Signor Emanuel Ravelli and his nutty sidekick The Professor.

One Way Passage
★ 7.3
One Way Passage1932Drama · Romance

A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's secret.

The Women
★ 5.2
The Women2008Comedy · Drama

The story centers on a group of gossipy, high-society women who spend their days at the beauty salon and haunting fashion shows. The sweet, happily-wedded Mary Haines finds her marriage in trouble when shop girl Crystal Allen gets her hooks into Mary's man.

Common
★ 6.5
Common2014Drama

When 17-year-old Johnjo gives his cousin and his friends a lift, he finds himself implicated in a stabbing.

Bhooloham
★ 5.8
Bhooloham2015Romance

A greedy TV channel owner tries to rake in the moolah by pitting a reluctant local boxer against a notorious international champion.

War for the Planet of the Apes
★ 7.2
War for the Planet of the Apes2017Drama

Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.

Revenge
★ 6.5
Revenge1990Drama · Romance

Michael ‘Jay’ Cochran has just left the Navy after 12 years and he's not quite sure what he's going to do, except that he knows he wants a holiday. He decides to visit Tiburon Mendez, a powerful but shady Mexican businessman who he once flew to Alaska for a hunting trip. Arriving at the Mendez mansion in Mexico, he is immediately surprised by the beauty and youth of Mendez’s wife, Miryea.

Suicide Kings
★ 6.6
Suicide Kings1997Comedy · Drama

Carlo, a former mobster, is abducted by five privileged young men desperate to raise a $2 million ransom to save the sister of a friend. As Carlo plays mind games, however, his captors splinter -- each wondering whether one of their own had a hand in the crime.

Stand Off
★ 6.5
Stand Off2012Drama

A group of elite female bank robbers are thrown into a Mexican stand off when they discover that someone on their team might be a snitch for the cops...

Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
★ 7.7
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust2001Drama

Legendary dhampir D competes with a motley family of bounty hunters to track down Charlotte Elbourne, a young woman seemingly abducted by undead nobleman Meier Link.

Sarpedon
Not rated
Sarpedon2023Drama

A young woman recovers from a traumatic relationship.

Platinum Blonde
★ 6.6
Platinum Blonde1931Comedy · Romance

Ann Schuyler is an upper-crust socialite who bullies her reporter husband into conforming to her highfalutin ways. The husband chafes at the confinement of high society, though, and yearns for a creative outlet. He decides to write a play and collaborates with a fellow reporter.

The Doorway to Hell
★ 6.5
The Doorway to Hell1930Drama

A vicious crime lord decides that he has had enough and much to the shock of his colleagues decides to give the business to his second in command and retire to Florida after marrying his moll. Unfortunately, he has no idea that she and the man are lovers.

Two Seconds
★ 6.3
Two Seconds1932Drama

A condemned murderer, in the process of being executed, relives the events that led to his being sentenced to die in the electric chair. Told in flashback, we witness a sleazy dancehall girl dupe a high rise riveter into marriage so she can live off of him. But when he loses his job and his marbles, she ends up supporting him with money from her side man--and misses no opportunity to rub it in his face that she's now supporting him in his emasculated state. As the animosity grows and things get more and more unbearable, he is eventually driven to desperate measures.

Your favorites

Recently viewed

Watch

Choose an authorized server.

Full video from an operator-configured authorized source. Official trailers use a separate player. If a server fails, retry or select another authorized server.

Legal watch options

Official trailer

Trailer preview only. Press Play to start.

Privacy choices

Favorites stay in your browser. Movie images load from TMDb. YouTube trailers contact YouTube only after you allow external media and choose a trailer. Advertising consent, if ads are enabled, is managed separately by the operator’s certified CMP.

Privacy policy

After allowing external media, choose the trailer button to load its player.