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| The Thin Man | |
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| Genre | Comedy Drama |
| Based on | The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett |
| Written by | Ben Starr |
| Starring | Peter Lawford Phyllis Kirk |
| Theme music composer | Johnny Green (Season 1) Pete Rugolo (Season 2) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 72 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 1/2 hour (25:33 minutes) |
| Production companies | Clarington Productions MGM Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | September 20, 1957 – August 28, 1959 |
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The Thin Man is a half-hour weekly television series based on the mystery novel The Thin Man (1933) by Dashiell Hammett. The 72 episodes were produced by MGM Television and broadcast by NBC for two seasons from 1957–1959 on Friday evening.[citation needed] It was the first TV series produced by MGM.[1]
- ^ "Hollywood Today". Eureka Humboldt Standard. July 3, 1957. p. 2. Retrieved April 13, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
