After the Thin Man
1936 · Movie · NR · 112 min · ★ 7.3 · 88% critics
Back home for New Year’s, a witty husband-and-wife sleuthing duo gets pulled into a family problem when a relative’s troublesome spouse vanishes. Their search leads into a knot of nightclub figures, jealous ties, and mounting danger, turning a missing-person worry into a fast-moving mystery with plenty of banter and surprises.
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Details
- Years
- 1936
- Release date
- 1936-12-25
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Critic score
- 88/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (198 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a light, witty mystery with romance and a playful tone, similar in spirit to Charade or The Maltese Falcon; Not for you if you dislike talky classics or tangled suspect lists.
Pros: sharp married-couple banter; fun whodunit twists; charming dog antics | Cons: plot can feel convoluted; some pacing feels slow; humor may feel dated
Themes
- new year's eve
- husband wife relationship
- married couple
- nightclub
- murder
- whodunit
- black and white
- private detective
- murder investigation
- thin man
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1937 · nominated
Cast & crew
William Powell
as Nick Charles
Myrna Loy
as Nora Charles
James Stewart
as David Graham
Elissa Landi
as Selma Forrest Landis
Joseph Calleia
as Dancer
Jessie Ralph
as Katherine Forrest
Alan Marshal
as Robert Landis
Teddy Hart
as Floyd Casper
Sam Levene
as Abrams
Penny Singleton
as Polly Byrnes
Directed by W.S. Van Dyke