After the Thin Man [Blu-ray]

Overview

This second of MGM's Thin Man films reteams William Powell and Myrna Loy as, respectively, bibulous private detective Nick Charles and his socialite wife Nora. The Charleses are sucked into another murder case via Nick's lovely cousin Elissa Landi, whose husband Alan Marshall has vanished. Hubby has been conducting an affair with nightclub thrush Dorothy McNulty (later known as Penny Singleton) and is also blackmailing gangsterish Joseph Calleia. When the corpses begin piling up, Nick and Nora try to piece the clues together, with the earnest assistance of Jimmy Stewart, who carries a torch for Landi. You won't believe who turns out to be the murderer in this one--then again, given the plot's strict adherence to "least likely suspect" formula, you probably will.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/26/2021
UPC:	0883929713363
Original Release:	1936
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Archives
Language:	English
Time:	1:52:00
Sales rank:	16,536

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

William Powell	Nick Charles
Myrna Loy	Nora Charles
James Stewart	David Graham
Elissa Landi	Selma Landis
Joseph Calleia	Dancer
Jessie Ralph	Aunt Katherine Forrest
Alan Marshal	Robert Landis
Sam Levene	Lt. Abrams
Teddy Hart	Floyd Casper
Penny Singleton	Polly Byrnes
William Law	Lum Kee
Dorothy Vaughan	Charlotte
Maude Turner Gordon	Helen,Rose (the cook)
William Buress	General
Thomas Pogue	William
George Zucco	Dr. Adolph Kammer
Dorothée	Polly Byrnes
Tom Ricketts	Henry the Butler
Paul Fix	Phil Byrnes
Joe Caits	Joe
Edith Kingdon	Hattie
John Kelly	Harold
Joe Phillips	Willie
Jack Adair	Escort of Dizzy Blonde
John T. Murray	Jerry
Edie Adams	Girl
Zeffie Tilbury	Lucy
Clarence Kolb	Lucius
Ed Allen	Man
Jack Norton	Reporter
Charles Arnt	Drunk (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing	Bill, the San Francisco Policeman
Donald Briggs	Reporter
Heinie Conklin	Trainman Seeing Nick Kiss Nora
Ben Hall	Butcher Boy,Photographer
William Burress	General
John Butler	Racetrack Tout
Vince Barnett	Wrestling Manager
Guy Usher	Chief of Detectives
Baldwin Cooke	Photographer
Harvey Parry	Man Standing on Hands
Richard Loo	Lichee Club Headwaiter
Murray Alper	The Kid, a Fighter
Billy Benedict	Blond Man Who Approaches Car
George Guhl	S.F. Police Captain
Sue Moore	Sexy Blonde
Ernie Alexander	Filing Clerk at Morgue
Charles Trowbridge	Police Forensic Examiner
Constantine Romanoff	Wrestler
Bobby Watson	Leader of Late Crowd
Harry Tyler	Fingers, the Purse Snatcher
Jack Raymond	Photographer
George Reed	Porter
Dick Rush	San Francisco Detective
Alice Smith	Emily
George Taylor	Eddie
Monte Vandergrift	Man (uncredited)
Eric Wilton	Peter, butler

Technical Credits

Albert Hackett

Frances Goodrich

W.S. Van Dyke II	Director
Albert Hackett	Screenwriter
Frances Goodrich	Screenwriter
Hunt Stromberg	Producer

Editorial Reviews

The Charleses, Nick (William Powell) and Nora (Myrna Loy), are as charming as ever, perhaps even more so, in this their second whodunit, which almost plays like a Warner Bros. thriller: fast-paced, noisy, and never dull. A huge cast of Runyon-esque supporting characters keeps the pot boiling merrily and the climactic unmasking of the real killer is, for once, quite a surprise. W.S. Van Dyke and his writers knew exactly how to spin such a yarn and get the most out of a breezy story that takes you from stuffy Nob Hill to Chinatown and back. After the Thin Man, incidentally, is the last entry in the series with a title that makes any kind of sense.

All Movie Guide - Hans J. Wollstein