After the Thin Man (1936)
- Starring:
- William Powell, Myrna Loy, (more)
- Director(s):
- W.S. Van Dyke
- Format(s):
Synopsis of After the Thin Man
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. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of After the Thin Man
- William Powell - Nick Charles
- James Stewart - David Graham
- Joseph Calleia - Dancer
- Alan Marshal - Robert Landis
- Sam Levene - Lt. Abrams
- George Zucco - Dr. Adolph Kammer
- Charles Arnt - Drunk (uncredited)
- Clarence Kolb - Lucius
- Joe Phillips - Willie
- Jack Adair - Escort of Dizzy Blonde
- John Butler - Racetrack Tout
- Edith Kingdon - Hattie
- Dick Rush - San Francisco Detective
- George Taylor - Eddie
- Harry Tyler - Fingers
- Dorothy McNulty - Polly Byrnes
- Edie Adams - Girl
- Eric Wilton - Peter, butler
- Thomas Pogue - William
- Edgar Dearing - Bill, the San Francisco Policeman
- Donald Briggs - Reporter
- Ben Hall - Butcher Boy
- John Kelly - Harold
- Alice H. Smith - Emily
- George H. Reed - Porter
- Charles Trowbridge - Police Examiner
- Vince Barnett - Wrestling manager
- Myrna Loy - Nora Charles
- Elissa Landi - Selma Landis
- Jessie Ralph - Aunt Katherine Forrest
- Teddy Hart - Floyd Casper
- William Law - Lum Kee
- Paul Fix - Phil Byrnes
- Maude Turner Gordon - Helen
- Monte Vandergrift - Man (uncredited)
- Zeffie Tilbury - Lucy
- Dorothée - Polly Byrnes
- Jack Norton - Reporter
- Dorothy Vaughan - Charlotte
- Richard Loo - Headwaiter
- Jack Raymond - Photographer
- Mary Gordon - Rose (the cook)
- Bobby Watson - Leader of Late Crowd
- Ed Allen - Man
- Tom Ricketts - Henry the Butler
- Guy Usher - Chief of Detectives
- Murray Alper - Kid
- Baldwin Cooke - Photographer
- Sherry Hall - Photographer
- William Burress - General
- John T. Murray - Jerry
- Joe Caits - Joe
- George Guhl - S.F. Police Captain
- Director(s):
- W.S. Van Dyke
- Writer(s):
- Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett
- Producer(s):
- Hunt Stromberg
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