Movies:
After the Thin Man
DVD Release: After the Thin Man
- Languages: English & Français
- Subtitles: English, Français & Español (Feature Film Only)
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- Robert enchley comedy
- short How to Be a Detective
- Classic Cartoon The Early Bird and the Worm
- Radio show with Powell and Loy
- Leo Is on the Air Radio Promo
- Theatrical trailer
DVD Release: After the Thin Man
- Release Date: 2007
- Rating:
- Genre: Mystery
- Movie Type: Screwball Comedy, Comedy Thriller
- Themes: Treacherous Spouses, Crumbling Marriages
- Director: W.S. Van Dyke
- Main Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart, Elissa Landi, Joseph Calleia
- Release Year: 1936
- Country: US
- Run Time: 113 minutes
Plot
This second of MGM's Thin Man films reteams William Powell and Myrna Loy as, respectively, bibulous private detective Nick Charles and his socialite wife Nora. The Charleses are sucked into another murder case via Nick's lovely cousin Elissa Landi, whose husband Alan Marshall has vanished. Hubby has been conducting an affair with nightclub thrush Dorothy McNulty (later known as Penny Singleton) and is also blackmailing gangsterish Joseph Calleia. When the corpses begin piling up, Nick and Nora try to piece the clues together, with the earnest assistance of Jimmy Stewart, who carries a torch for Landi. You won't believe who turns out to be the murderer in this one--then again, given the plot's strict adherence to "least likely suspect" formula, you probably will. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie GuideReview
The Charleses, Nick (William Powell) and Nora (Myrna Loy), are as charming as ever, perhaps even more so, in this their second whodunit, which almost plays like a Warner Bros. thriller: fast-paced, noisy, and never dull. A huge cast of Runyon-esque supporting characters keeps the pot boiling merrily and the climactic unmasking of the real killer is, for once, quite a surprise. W.S. Van Dyke and his writers knew exactly how to spin such a yarn and get the most out of a breezy story that takes you from stuffy Nob Hill to Chinatown and back. After the Thin Man, incidentally, is the last entry in the series with a title that makes any kind of sense. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie GuideCast
- William Powell - Nick Charles
- Myrna Loy - Nora Charles
- James Stewart - David Graham
- Elissa Landi - Selma Landis
- Joseph Calleia - Dancer
Jessie Ralph - Aunt Katherine Forrest; Alan Marshal - Robert Landis; Teddy Hart - Floyd Casper; Sam Levene - Lt. Abrams; William Law - Lum Kee; George Zucco - Dr. Adolph Kammer; Paul Fix - Phil Byrnes; Edie Adams - Girl; Ernie Alexander; Murray Alper - Kid; Charles Arnt - Drunk (uncredited); Vince Barnett - Wrestling manager; William Benedict; Donald Briggs - Reporter; William Burress - General; John Butler - Racetrack Tout; Joe Caits - Joe; Charles "Heinie" Conklin; Edgar Dearing - Bill, the San Francisco Policeman; Dorothée - Polly Byrnes; Mary Gordon - Rose (the cook); Maude Turner Gordon - Helen; Ben Hall - Butcher Boy; Sherry Hall - Photographer; Clarence Kolb - Lucius; Richard Loo - Headwaiter; Dorothy McNulty - Polly Byrnes; John T. Murray - Jerry; Jack Norton - Reporter; Harvey Parry; Thomas Pogue - William; George H. Reed - Porter; Tom Ricketts - Henry the Butler; Constantine Romanoff; Dick Rush - San Francisco Detective; Alice H. Smith - Emily; George Taylor - Eddie; Zeffie Tilbury - Lucy; Charles Trowbridge - Police Examiner; Harry Tyler - Fingers; Guy Usher - Chief of Detectives; Monte Vandergrift - Man (uncredited); Dorothy Vaughan - Charlotte; Bobby Watson - Leader of Late Crowd; Eric Wilton - Peter, butler; John Kelly - Harold; Jack Raymond - Photographer; George Guhl - S.F. Police Captain; Baldwin Cooke - Photographer; Edith Kingdon - Hattie; Sue Moore; Jack Adair - Escort of Dizzy Blonde; Ed Allen - Man; Joe Phillips - Willie
