After the Thin Man

After the Thin Man
Theatrical release poster
Directed byW. S. Van Dyke
Written byDashiell Hammett (characters, story)
Screenplay byAlbert Hackett
Frances Goodrich
Produced byHunt Stromberg
StarringWilliam Powell
Myrna Loy
James Stewart
Elissa Landi
Joseph Calleia
Jessie Ralph
CinematographyOliver T. Marsh
Edited byRobert J. Kern
Music byHerbert Stothart
Edward Ward
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's Inc.
Release date
  • December 25, 1936 (1936-12-25) (US)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$673,000 (est.)[1]
Box office$3,165,000 (worldwide est.)[1]

After the Thin Man is a 1936 American murder mystery comedy film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring William Powell, Myrna Loy and James Stewart. 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 Elissa Landi, Joseph Calleia, Jessie Ralph, Alan Marshal and Penny Singleton (billed under her maiden name as Dorothy McNulty).

  1. ^ a b Sedgwick, John (2000). Popular Filmgoing in 1930s Britain: A Choice of Pleasures. University of Exeter Press. ISBN 9780859896603. Retrieved August 7, 2014.