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The Thin Man
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Former detective Nick Charles has retired from police work, preferring a life of cocktails, parties, and relaxation with his wealthy wife, Nora. Their holiday is interrupted when the daughter of Nick’s former client asks for help finding her missing father, eccentric inventor Clyde Wynant. When Wynant’s body is discovered, Nick is drawn back into the investigation, with Nora eagerly joining him. As the couple questions Wynant’s family, friends, and business associates, a tangled web of greed, deception, and murder begins to unravel. Directed by W. S. Van Dyke and adapted from Dashiell Hammett’s novel, The Thin Man combines witty dialogue, sophisticated comedy, romance, and classic mystery. William Powell and Myrna Loy are perfectly matched as Nick and Nora Charles, whose playful banter and effortless chemistry made them one of Hollywood’s most beloved screen couples. This stylish 1934 mystery remains a landmark of classic American cinema.
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Synopsis
Former detective Nick Charles has retired from police work, preferring a life of cocktails, parties, and relaxation with his wealthy wife, Nora. Their holiday is interrupted when the daughter of Nick’s former client asks for help finding her missing father, eccentric inventor Clyde Wynant. When Wynant’s body is discovered, Nick is drawn back into the investigation, with Nora eagerly joining him. As the couple questions Wynant’s family, friends, and business associates, a tangled web of greed, deception, and murder begins to unravel. Directed by W. S. Van Dyke and adapted from Dashiell Hammett’s novel, The Thin Man combines witty dialogue, sophisticated comedy, romance, and classic mystery. William Powell and Myrna Loy are perfectly matched as Nick and Nora Charles, whose playful banter and effortless chemistry made them one of Hollywood’s most beloved screen couples. This stylish 1934 mystery remains a landmark of classic American cinema.
More about The Thin Man
Cast
William PowellNick Charles
Myrna LoyNora Charles
Maureen O'SullivanDorothy Wynant
Nat PendletonInspector Guild
Minna GombellMimi Wynant
Porter HallHerbert MacCaulay
Henry WadsworthTommy
William HenryGilbert WynantCredits
- Directed by
- W.S. Van Dyke
- Written by
- Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Dashiell Hammett
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Collection
- The Thin Man Collection
- Budget
- $226.4K
- Box office
- $1.4M
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-MayerUnited States- Cosmopolitan ProductionsUnited States
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