The Thin Man
Amateur detective solves murder of inventor and subsequent killings.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Nick Charles William Powell
- Nora Charles Myrna Loy
- Dorothy Wynant Maureen O'sullivan
- Lt John Guild Nat Pendleton
- Mimi Wynant Jorgenson Minna Gombell
- Herbert MacCaulay Porter Hall
- Tommy Henry Wadsworth
- Gilbert Wynant Bill Henry
- Nick Nunheim Harold Huber
- Chris Jorgenson Cesar Romero
- Julia Wolf Natalie Moorehead
- Joe Morelli Edward Brophy
- Clyde Wynant Edward Ellis
- Tanner Cyril Thornton
- [Asta the dog] Skippy
- [Mrs Jorgenson] Ruth Channing
- [Marion] Gertrude Short
- [Quinn] Clay Clement
- [Bill, a detective] Robert E. Homans
- [taxi driver] Douglas Walton
- [taxi driver] Sherry Hall
- [first reporter] Thomas E. Jackson
- [reporter] Phil Tead
- [reporter] Nick Copeland
- [reporter] Creighton Hale
- [reporter] George Templeton
- [detective] Garry Owen
- [detective] Arthur Belasco
- [detective] Edward Hearn
- [waiter] Rolfe Sedan
- [waiter] Leo White
- [Dr Walton] Raymond Brown
- [janitress] Polly Bailey
- [janitress] Dixie Laughton
- [head waiter] Fred Malatesta
- [Charley Stutsy] Walter Long
- [apartment clerk] Kenneth Gibson
- [stenographer] Tui Lorraine
- [Foster] Bert Roach
- [Face Tefler] Huey White
- [police captain] Ben Taggart
- [fight manager] Charles Williams
- [porter] John Larkin
Credits
Direction
- Director W.S. Van Dyke
- [Assistant Director] Lesley Selander
Production
- Production Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation
- Production Company Cosmopolitan Productions
- Producer Hunt Stromberg
Writing
- Screenplay Albert Hackett
- Screenplay Frances Goodrich
- Based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett
Photography
- Director of Photography James Wong Howe
Editing
- Editor Robert J. Kern
Design
- Art Director Cedric Gibbons
- Associate Art Director David Townsend
- Associate Art Director Edwin B. Willis
Costumes
- Wardrobe Dolly Tree
Music
- Music William Axt
- [Orchestrations] Jack Virgil
- [Orchestrations] Wayne Allen
- [Orchestrations] David Snell
- [Orchestrations] Maurice De Packh
Sound
- Recording Director Douglas Shearer
Consultant
- [Asta's Trainer] Rudd Weatherwax
Publicity
- [Press Representative] Howard Dietz
