The Thin Man

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American film comedy film film mystery film mystery-comedy film

The Thin Man is a 1934 American mystery-comedy film, based on Dashiell Hammett’s novel, that follows witty married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles as they investigate a disappearance in high-society New York.

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The Thin Man canonical 14
The Thin Man (1934 film) 1
The Thin Man (1934) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
mystery film ⓘ
mystery-comedy film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Dashiell Hammett ⓘ
award Academy Award nomination for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award nomination for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award nomination for Best Picture ⓘ
basedOn The Thin Man self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Thin Man (novel)
castMember Cesar Romero ⓘ
Edward Brophy ⓘ
Edward Ellis ⓘ
Harold Huber ⓘ
Maureen O'Sullivan ⓘ
Minna Gombell ⓘ
Myrna Loy ⓘ
Nat Pendleton ⓘ
Porter Hall ⓘ
William Henry ⓘ
William Powell ⓘ
characterRole Nick Charles is a retired private detective ⓘ
Nora Charles is Nick's wealthy wife ⓘ
cinematographer James Wong Howe ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director W. S. Van Dyke ⓘ
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
editor Robert Kern ⓘ
filmFormat black-and-white film ⓘ
followedBy After the Thin Man ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
crime ⓘ
mystery ⓘ
mainCharacter Asta ⓘ
Nick Charles ⓘ
Nora Charles ⓘ
narrativeFocus investigation of a disappearance ⓘ
notableFor blend of comedy and mystery ⓘ
witty banter between Nick and Nora Charles ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfSeries The Thin Man film series ⓘ
producer Hunt Stromberg ⓘ
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
publicationDate 1934 ⓘ
releaseYear 1934 ⓘ
runtime approximately 91 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Albert Hackett ⓘ
Frances Goodrich ⓘ
settingEnvironment high society ⓘ
settingLocation New York City ⓘ

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Frances Goodrich → notableWork → The Thin Man ⓘ
Albert Hackett → notableWork → The Thin Man ⓘ
Irving Thalberg → notableWork → The Thin Man ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Thin Man (1934)
The Thin Man → basedOn → The Thin Man self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Thin Man (novel)
Sid Silvers → notableWork → The Thin Man ⓘ
Sid Silvers → workedOn → The Thin Man ⓘ
Hunt Stromberg → notableWork → The Thin Man ⓘ
Lucy Marlow → notableWork → The Thin Man ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Thin Man (TV series)
After the Thin Man → follows → The Thin Man ⓘ
James Wong Howe → notableWork → The Thin Man ⓘ
The Thin Man Goes Home → basedOnFranchise → The Thin Man ⓘ
William Powell → notableWork → The Thin Man ⓘ
Myrna Loy → notableWork → The Thin Man ⓘ
Cesar Romero → notableWork → The Thin Man ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Thin Man (1934 film)
Dashiell Hammett → notableWork → The Thin Man ⓘ
W. S. Van Dyke → notableWork → The Thin Man ⓘ
W. S. Van Dyke → directed → The Thin Man ⓘ
Nat Pendleton → appearedIn → The Thin Man ⓘ