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The Thin Man

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Comedy, Crime, Mystery - 1934
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.
Director:
,
W.S. Van Dyke
Cast:
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Myrna Loy
,
Porter Hall
,
William Powell
,
Nat Pendleton
,
Minna Gombell
,
Henry Wadsworth
,
William Henry
,
Harold Huber
,
Maureen O'Sullivan

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Details

Runtime:
91 min
Release date:
25 May 1934
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$226,408
Revenue:
$1,423,000
Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars. 6 wins & 4 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
One of the most popular comedies ever made.
– Don Druker,
Chicago Reader,
10 Feb 2012
fresh:
The Thin Man was an entertaining novel, and now it's an entertaining picture.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
7 Jul 2010
fresh:
What enchants, really, is the relationship between Nick and Nora as they live an eternal cocktail hour, bewailing hangovers that only another little drink will cure, in a marvellous blend of marital familiarity and constant courtship.
– Tom Milne,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
An excellent combination of comedy and excitement.
– Mordaunt Hall,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
The Thin Man was one of the most popular films of 1934, inspired five sequels, and was nominated for four Oscars (best picture, actor, direction and screenplay). Yet it was made as an inexpensive B-picture.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
6 Jan 2003
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