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Title: The Thin Man


Date: 1934
Type: Murder mystery / Romantic comedy
Rating: 4 Stars 4/5
Colour: Black and White
Director: W S Van Dyke
Producer:

Comment
A former detective (William Powell) and his wife (Myrna Loy) are asked by a woman (Maureen O'Sullivan) to find her father who is accused of murdering his secretary and former lover (Natalie Moorhead). However more bodies are found before they reveal the murderer. This is a murder mystery where all the suspects are gaahtered togther at the end for the big reveal. The best parts of the film are the scenes between William Powell and Myrna Loy as husband wife which are comic as much for their acting as for the witty dialogue. There is plenty of good support from a range of sysfunctional characters.

Actors

William PowellWilliam Powell
Myrna LoyMyrna Loy
maureen O'SullivamMaureen O'Sullivan
Nat PendletonNat Pendleton
Mina GombellMina Gombell
Porter HallPorter Hall
Henry Wadsworth
William Henry
Harold Huber
Cesar RomeroCesar Romero
Natalie MoorheadNatalie Moorhead
Edward BrophyEdward Brophy
Edward EllisEdward Ellis
Oscars

Nomination - Best Picture
Nomination - Best Actor - William Powell
Nomination - Best Director - W S Van Dyke

 

Adapted from a novel by Dashiell Hammett