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After the Thin Man, starring William Powell
William Powell

William Horatio Powell was a three-time Academy Award-nominated American actor, noted for his sophisticated, cynical roles. He was a major MGM film star and is most widely known for portraying the detective Nick and Nora Charles in six The Thin Man films....
, Myrna Loy
Myrna Loy

Myrna Loy was an American actress. Trained as a dancer, but after a few minor roles in silent films, she devoted herself fully to an acting career, and from 1925 gradually established herself as a film actress....
, and James Stewart
James Stewart (actor)

James Maitland Stewart , popularly known as Jimmy Stewart, was an United States film and stage actor best known for his self-effacing persona....
, is the 1936
1936 in film

The year 1936 in film involved some significant events....
 sequel to the film The Thin Man
The Thin Man (film)

The Thin Man was the first of six comic detective films starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, a flirtatious married couple who banter wittily as they solve crimes with ease....
. The movie presents Powell and Loy as Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett

Samuel Dashiell Hammett was an United States author of hardboiled detective fiction novels and short stories. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade , Nick and Nora Charles , and the Continental Op ....
's characters Nick and Nora Charles
Nick and Nora Charles

Nick and Nora Charles, or Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Charles , are fictional characters created by Dashiell Hammett in his novel The Thin Man. Nick is a retired private detective and Nora a wealthy society woman whose snobbish family thinks she has married beneath herself; Hammett modeled her on his lover Lillian Hellman....
. The film was directed by W. S. Van Dyke
W. S. Van Dyke

Woodbridge Strong "Woody" Van Dyke, Jr. was an United States film film director.Born in San Diego, California, Van Dyke was a child actor on the vaudeville circuit, and in his early adult years was unsettled and moved from career to career until arriving in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California....
 and also featured Elissa Landi
Elissa Landi

Elissa Landi was an Italy born actor who was popular in Hollywood, California films of the 1920s and 1930s. Rumoured to be a descendant of Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, she was noted for her aristocratic bearing....
, Joseph Calleia
Joseph Calleia

Joseph Calleia , was a Maltese people singer, composer, and actor, both on Broadway theatre and in film. Calleia played against some Hollywood greats, including John Wayne, William Holden, Errol Flynn, Rita Hayworth, Mae West, Bette Davis, Jane Russell, Mario Lanza, Charlton Heston, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Orson Welles, Tyrone Power, Al...
, Jessie Ralph
Jessie Ralph

Jessie Ralph Chambers was an United States of America stage and screen actress, best known for her matronly roles in many classic motion pictures....
, Alan Marshall
Alan Marshall

Alan Marshall was an Australian writer, story teller and social documenter.His best known book, I Can Jump Puddles is the first of a three-part autobiography....
, and Penny Singleton
Penny Singleton

Penny Singleton was an American film actress.During her sixty year career, Singleton appeared in films and television, most frequently as the comic strip heroine, Blondie in a Blondie , from 1938 until 1950, and the popular Blondie radio program from 1939 until 1950....
 (as Dorothy McNulty).

and Nora Charles return from vacation to their home in San Francisco
San Francisco, California

The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States, with a 2007 estimated population of 799,183....
 on New Years Eve, where Nora's stuffy family expect the couple to join them for a formal dinner.






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After the Thin Man, starring William Powell
William Powell

William Horatio Powell was a three-time Academy Award-nominated American actor, noted for his sophisticated, cynical roles. He was a major MGM film star and is most widely known for portraying the detective Nick and Nora Charles in six The Thin Man films....
, Myrna Loy
Myrna Loy

Myrna Loy was an American actress. Trained as a dancer, but after a few minor roles in silent films, she devoted herself fully to an acting career, and from 1925 gradually established herself as a film actress....
, and James Stewart
James Stewart (actor)

James Maitland Stewart , popularly known as Jimmy Stewart, was an United States film and stage actor best known for his self-effacing persona....
, is the 1936
1936 in film

The year 1936 in film involved some significant events....
 sequel to the film The Thin Man
The Thin Man (film)

The Thin Man was the first of six comic detective films starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, a flirtatious married couple who banter wittily as they solve crimes with ease....
. The movie presents Powell and Loy as Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett

Samuel Dashiell Hammett was an United States author of hardboiled detective fiction novels and short stories. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade , Nick and Nora Charles , and the Continental Op ....
's characters Nick and Nora Charles
Nick and Nora Charles

Nick and Nora Charles, or Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Charles , are fictional characters created by Dashiell Hammett in his novel The Thin Man. Nick is a retired private detective and Nora a wealthy society woman whose snobbish family thinks she has married beneath herself; Hammett modeled her on his lover Lillian Hellman....
. The film was directed by W. S. Van Dyke
W. S. Van Dyke

Woodbridge Strong "Woody" Van Dyke, Jr. was an United States film film director.Born in San Diego, California, Van Dyke was a child actor on the vaudeville circuit, and in his early adult years was unsettled and moved from career to career until arriving in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California....
 and also featured Elissa Landi
Elissa Landi

Elissa Landi was an Italy born actor who was popular in Hollywood, California films of the 1920s and 1930s. Rumoured to be a descendant of Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, she was noted for her aristocratic bearing....
, Joseph Calleia
Joseph Calleia

Joseph Calleia , was a Maltese people singer, composer, and actor, both on Broadway theatre and in film. Calleia played against some Hollywood greats, including John Wayne, William Holden, Errol Flynn, Rita Hayworth, Mae West, Bette Davis, Jane Russell, Mario Lanza, Charlton Heston, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Orson Welles, Tyrone Power, Al...
, Jessie Ralph
Jessie Ralph

Jessie Ralph Chambers was an United States of America stage and screen actress, best known for her matronly roles in many classic motion pictures....
, Alan Marshall
Alan Marshall

Alan Marshall was an Australian writer, story teller and social documenter.His best known book, I Can Jump Puddles is the first of a three-part autobiography....
, and Penny Singleton
Penny Singleton

Penny Singleton was an American film actress.During her sixty year career, Singleton appeared in films and television, most frequently as the comic strip heroine, Blondie in a Blondie , from 1938 until 1950, and the popular Blondie radio program from 1939 until 1950....
 (as Dorothy McNulty).

Plot

Nick and Nora Charles return from vacation to their home in San Francisco
San Francisco, California

The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States, with a 2007 estimated population of 799,183....
 on New Years Eve, where Nora's stuffy family expect the couple to join them for a formal dinner. Nick is despised by Nora's Aunt Katherine, as his immigrant heritage and experience as a "flat foot" are considered below Nora. The true reason for their invitation is that Nora's cousin Selma's ne'er-do-well husband Robert has been missing. Nick is coerced into a little quiet detective work for the family.

They easily find Robert at a Chinese nightclub, where he's been conducting an affair with Polly, the star performer. He extorts money from Selma's unrequited love, David (James Stewart
James Stewart (actor)

James Maitland Stewart , popularly known as Jimmy Stewart, was an United States film and stage actor best known for his self-effacing persona....
), in exchange for leaving Selma permanently. Unknown to Robert, Polly and the nightclub's owner, Phil Dancer, plan to grift the money and dispose of him. After being paid off, and returning home for some clothes, Robert is shot at the stroke of midnight. David finds Selma standing over Robert and hurriedly disposes of her gun. Despite this, the police determine that she's the prime suspect, and her fragile mental state only strengthens the case. Selma insists that she never fired her gun, and Nick is now obliged to investigate and determine the true murderer.

As suspects pile up, schemes and double-crosses are found and two more murders occur. Lt. Abrams (Sam Levene
Sam Levene

Sam Levene was an United States Broadway theatre and film actor.Born in Russia, Levene appeared in several Broadway plays and musicals in the 1930s....
, making his series debut) readily accepts Nick's assistance. As in the previous film
The Thin Man (film)

The Thin Man was the first of six comic detective films starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, a flirtatious married couple who banter wittily as they solve crimes with ease....
, the true murderer is the least likely suspect, betrayed by a trivial slip-up during a final interrogation and denouement featuring all the suspects. The case solved, and once again traveling by train, Nora reveals to Nick something he hasn't detected yet: they're going to have a baby.

Source

The film's story was written by Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett

Samuel Dashiell Hammett was an United States author of hardboiled detective fiction novels and short stories. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade , Nick and Nora Charles , and the Continental Op ....
, based on his characters Nick and Nora, but not based on a particular novel or short story. Albert Hackett
Albert Hackett

Albert Maurice Hackett was an American dramatist and screenwriter most noted for his collaborations with his partner and wife Frances Goodrich....
 and Frances Goodrich
Frances Goodrich

Frances Goodrich was an American dramatist, screenwriter, and actor most noted for her collaborations with her partner and husband Albert Hackett....
 wrote the screenplay.

Cast

  • William Powell
    William Powell

    William Horatio Powell was a three-time Academy Award-nominated American actor, noted for his sophisticated, cynical roles. He was a major MGM film star and is most widely known for portraying the detective Nick and Nora Charles in six The Thin Man films....
     as Nick Charles
  • Myrna Loy
    Myrna Loy

    Myrna Loy was an American actress. Trained as a dancer, but after a few minor roles in silent films, she devoted herself fully to an acting career, and from 1925 gradually established herself as a film actress....
     as Nora Charles
  • James Stewart
    James Stewart (actor)

    James Maitland Stewart , popularly known as Jimmy Stewart, was an United States film and stage actor best known for his self-effacing persona....
     as David Graham
  • Elissa Landi
    Elissa Landi

    Elissa Landi was an Italy born actor who was popular in Hollywood, California films of the 1920s and 1930s. Rumoured to be a descendant of Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, she was noted for her aristocratic bearing....
     as Selma Landis
  • Joseph Calleia
    Joseph Calleia

    Joseph Calleia , was a Maltese people singer, composer, and actor, both on Broadway theatre and in film. Calleia played against some Hollywood greats, including John Wayne, William Holden, Errol Flynn, Rita Hayworth, Mae West, Bette Davis, Jane Russell, Mario Lanza, Charlton Heston, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Orson Welles, Tyrone Power, Al...
     as "Dancer"
  • Jessie Ralph
    Jessie Ralph

    Jessie Ralph Chambers was an United States of America stage and screen actress, best known for her matronly roles in many classic motion pictures....
     as Katherine Forrest
  • Alan Marshall
    Alan Marshal (actor)

    'Alan Marshal' was an Australia-born actor who co-starred with Marlene Dietrich, Irene Dunne, Greta Garbo, Ginger Rogers, and Mae West.His films include The Garden of Allah with Marlene Dietrich, Conquest with Greta Garbo, Dramatic School , The Hunchback of Notre Dame , The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes , Irene '...
     as Robert Landis
  • Teddy Hart
    Teddy Hart

    Theodore "Teddy" Annis , is a Canadian Professional wrestling who is best known by his ring name Teddy Hart. He is currently working for the Mexico Professional wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesor?a y Administraci?n, and made his debut on November 30, 2007....
     as Floyd Casper
  • Sam Levene
    Sam Levene

    Sam Levene was an United States Broadway theatre and film actor.Born in Russia, Levene appeared in several Broadway plays and musicals in the 1930s....
     as Lieutenant Abrams
  • Penny Singleton
    Penny Singleton

    Penny Singleton was an American film actress.During her sixty year career, Singleton appeared in films and television, most frequently as the comic strip heroine, Blondie in a Blondie , from 1938 until 1950, and the popular Blondie radio program from 1939 until 1950....
     as Polly Byrnes
  • William Law
    William Law

    William Law , England cleric and theological writer, was born at Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire....
     as Lum Kee
  • George Zucco
    George Zucco

    George Desylla Zucco was an England character actor who appeared, almost always in supporting roles, in 96 films during a career spanning two decades, from 1931 to 1951....
     as Dr. Adolph Kammer
  • Paul Fix
    Paul Fix

    Paul Fix was an United States film and television character actor, best known for his work in westerns. Fix appeared in over a hundred movies and dozens of television shows over a 56-year career spanning from 1925 to 1981....
     as Phil Byrnes


Reception

The film was nominated for an Oscar in 1937 for Best Writing, Screenplay
Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay

The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States. It is awarded each year to the screenwriter of a Adapted_screenplay from another source ....
. It is often referred to as the best of the Thin Man sequels.

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