The Thin Man
In Theaters
May 25, 1934
Runtime: 1h 31m
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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Cast & Crew
William Powell
Nick Charles
Myrna Loy
Nora Charles
Maureen O'Sullivan
Dorothy Wynant
Nat Pendleton
Inspector Guild
Minna Gombell
Mimi Wynant
Porter Hall
Herbert MacCaulay
Henry Wadsworth
Tommy
William Henry
Gilbert Wynant
Harold Huber
Arthur Nunheim
Cesar Romero
Chris Jorgenson
Natalie Moorhead
Julia Wolf
Edward Brophy
Joe Morelli
Edward Ellis
Clyde Wynant
- CT
Cyril Thornton
Tanner
- WA
William Augustin
Wynant's Butler (uncredited)
- PB
Polly Bailey
Janitress (uncredited)
- AB
Arthur Belasco
Detective (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
W.S. Van Dyke
Director
Albert Hackett
Screenplay
Frances Goodrich
Screenplay
Media
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