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.
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6 films
Cast
69 people
William Powell
Nick Charles
Known for
My Man Godfrey
The Great Ziegfeld
Myrna Loy
Nora Charles
Known for
The Best Years of Our Lives
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Maureen O'Sullivan
Dorothy Wynant
Known for
Hannah and Her Sisters
Tarzan the Ape Man
Nat Pendleton
Inspector Guild
Known for
Manhattan Melodrama
Northwest Passage
Minna Gombell
Mimi Wynant
Known for
Block-Heads
The Best Years of Our Lives
Porter Hall
Herbert MacCaulay
Known for
Double Indemnity
Ace in the Hole
Henry Wadsworth
Tommy
Known for
Mark of the Vampire
William Henry
Gilbert Wynant
Known for
Tarzan Escapes
The Alamo
Harold Huber
Arthur Nunheim
Known for
San Francisco
Beau Geste
Cesar Romero
Chris Jorgenson
Known for
Batman
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Natalie Moorhead
Julia Wolf
Also in
Love Bound
Discarded Lovers
Edward Brophy
Joe Morelli
Known for
Mad Love
The Invisible Woman
W.S. Van Dyke Director · Frances Goodrich Screenplay Albert Hackett Screenplay
Worldwide gross $1.4M · Budget $226K · United States release May 25, 1934
Box office
Budget
$226,408
Worldwide gross
$1,423,000
Gross vs. budget
6.3×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
Cosmopolitan Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Italian
Release dates
United States · May 25, 1934
Theatrical
Argentina
September 11, 1934 · Theatrical
Brazil
September 17, 1934 · Theatrical
Denmark
January 21, 1935 · Theatrical
Finland
February 27, 1938 · Theatrical
France
December 6, 1934 · Theatrical
Germany
January 31, 1969 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
April 10, 1941 · Theatrical
Hungary
March 19, 1935 · Theatrical
Ireland
May 31, 1935 · Theatrical
Italy
February 5, 1935 · Theatrical
Japan
July 29, 1935 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 25, 1935 · Theatrical
Portugal
April 9, 1935 · Theatrical
Spain
February 11, 1935 · Limited theatrical · Madrid
Sweden
January 2, 1935 · Theatrical
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