The Thin Man (1934)
The Thin Man (1934)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
William Powell
Nick Charles
Myrna Loy
Nora Charles
Maureen O'Sullivan
Dorothy Wynant
Nat Pendleton
Lt. John Guild
Minna Gombell
Mimi Jorgenson
Porter Hall
Herbert MacCaulay
Henry Wadsworth
Tommy
Edward Ellis
Clyde Wynant
William Henry
Gilbert Wynant
Harold Huber
Nunheim
Edward Brophy
Joe Morelli
Cesar Romero
Chris Jorgenson
Cyril Thornton
Tanner
W.S. Van Dyke
Director
Albert Hackett
Writer
Natalie Moorhead
Julia Wolf
Frances Goodrich
Writer
Dashiell Hammett
Writer
William Augustin
Wynant's Butler (uncredited)
Polly Bailey
Janitress (uncredited)
Hunt Stromberg
Producer
Arthur Belasco
Detective (uncredited)
William Axt
Composer
James Wong Howe
Cinematographer
Brooks Benedict
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Robert Kern
Editor
Tui Bow
Stenographer (uncredited)
Raymond Brown
Police Dr. Walton (uncredited)
Ruth Channing
Mrs. Jorgenson (uncredited)
Jack Cheatham
Detective (uncredited)
Clay Clement
Quinn (uncredited)
Nick Copeland
Reporter (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
Fighter at Party (uncredited)
Douglas Fowley
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Christian J. Frank
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson
Apartment Clerk (uncredited)
Dick Gordon
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
Reporter (uncredited)
Sherry Hall
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Edward Hearn
Detective (uncredited)
Robert Homans
Billy the Detective (uncredited)
John Irwin
'Face' Tefler (uncredited)
Thomas E. Jackson
Reporter (uncredited)
Sydney Jarvis
Witness (uncredited)
Tiny Jones
Woman Buying Newspaper (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
John Larkin
Porter (uncredited)
Walter Long
Stutsy Burke (uncredited)
Fred Malatesta
Joe - Headwaiter (uncredited)
Hans Moebus
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Bartender (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Detective Waiter (uncredited)
Henry Otho
Burly Party Waiter-Bodyguard (uncredited)
Garry Owen
Detective (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Detective (uncredited)
Alexander Pollard
Waiter Hired for Dinner (uncredited)
Albert Pollet
Waiter Hired for Dinner (uncredited)
Bob Reeves
Cop (uncredited)
Bert Roach
Crying Man at Party (uncredited)
Rolfe Sedan
Waiter (uncredited)
Gertrude Short
Marian (uncredited)
Lee Shumway
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Skippy
Asta (uncredited)
Pietro Sosso
Butler (uncredited)
Ben Taggart
Police Captain (uncredited)
Phil Tead
Reporter (uncredited)
George Templeton
Reporter (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Guest at Nick's Party (uncredited)
Huey White
Minor Role (uncredited)
Leo White
Leo - Waiter (uncredited)
Charles Williams
Fighter Manager (uncredited)
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 25, 1934
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 31m
Content RatingNR
Budget$226,408
Box Office$1,423,000
Genres
Wiki.
The Thin Man is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy-mystery film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett. The film stars William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, a leisure-class couple who enjoy copious drinking and flirtatious banter. Nick is a retired private detective who left his very successful career when he married Nora, a wealthy heiress accustomed to high society. Their wire-haired fox terrier Asta was played by canine actor Skippy. In 1997, the film was added to the United States National Film Registry having been deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
The film's screenplay was written by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich, a married couple. In 1934, the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. The eponymous "Thin Man" is not Nick Charles, but the man Charles is initially hired to find – Clyde Wynant (part way through the film, Charles describes Wynant as a "thin man with white hair"). The "Thin Man" moniker was thought by many viewers to refer to Nick Charles and, after a time, it was used in the titles of sequels as if referring to Charles. It was followed by five sequels.