After the Thin Man
After the Thin Man is a 1936 American comedy mystery film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring William Powell and Myrna Loy. A sequel to the 1934 feature The Thin Man, the film presents Powell and Loy as Dashiell Hammett's characters Nick and Nora Charles. The film also features James Stewart, Elissa Landi, Joseph Calleia, Jessie Ralph, Alan Marshal, and Teddy Hart.
Plot
On New Year's Eve, after Nick and Nora Charles return from vacation to their home in San Francisco, the couple are invited to dinner with Nora's aristrocatic family. Nora's distraught cousin Selma Landis tells Nora that her playboy husband Robert has been missing for three days. Nora's aunt Katherine Forrest, who disapproves of Nick, asks him to quietly investigate Robert's disappearance. David Graham, Selma's former fiancé, informs Nick and Nora that a few days earlier, Robert offered to leave Selma if David paid him $25,000.
More details
| author | Albert Hackett Dashiell Hammett Frances Goodrich |
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| contentLocation | San Francisco |
| director | W. S. Van Dyke |
| editor | Robert J. Kern |
| genre | comedy crime mystery thriller |
| keywords | bank robbery bay bond bug build covert listening device hotel room kill knit lobby card murder new year nick and nora charles phone call plan prime suspect san francisco bay think |
| musicBy | William Axt |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay |
| producer | Hunt Stromberg |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| publisher | Loews Cineplex Entertainment |
| recordedAt | San Francisco |
| theme | comedy thriller crime comedy mystery thriller sequel |