Another Thin Man

Another Thin Man
Theatrical release poster
Directed byW. S. Van Dyke
Written byAnita Loos
Screenplay by
Story byDashiell Hammett
Based onThe Farewell Murder
by Dashiell Hammett
Produced byHunt Stromberg
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byFredrick Y. Smith
Music byEdward Ward
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's Inc.
Release date
  • November 17, 1939 (1939-11-17) (US)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,107,000
Box office$2,223,000

Another Thin Man is a 1939 American detective film directed by W. S. Van Dyke, the third of six in the Thin Man series. It again stars William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles and is based on Dashiell Hammett's Continental Op story "The Farewell Murder".[1] The Charles' son Nicky Jr. is introduced for the first time. The cast includes their terrier Asta, Virginia Grey, Otto Kruger, C. Aubrey Smith, Ruth Hussey, Nat Pendleton, Patric Knowles, Sheldon Leonard, Tom Neal, Phyllis Gordon and Marjorie Main. Shemp Howard appears in an uncredited role as Wacky.[2][3]

The film was unable to be called Return of the Thin Man because The Thin Man from the original film was "completely dead" according to newspapers in 1939. It was followed by Shadow of the Thin Man (1941).

  1. ^ Library of Congress Copyright Office (1938). Catalog of Copyright Entries. p. 269. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
  2. ^ "Another Thin Man". The Three Stooges Online Filmography. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Cast: Another Thin Man". The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 1 July 2017.