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Another Thin Man
Directed byW.S. Van Dyke
Written byFrances Goodrich
Albert Hackett
Produced byHunt Stromberg
StarringWilliam Powell
Myrna Loy
Otto Kruger
Asta
CinematographyWilliam H. Daniels
Oliver T. Marsh
Edited byFredrick Y. Smith
Music byEdward Ward
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates
United States November 17, 1939
Sweden April 15, 1940
Finland July 23, 1948
Running time
103 min.
CountryU.S.A.
LanguageEnglish/Spanish

Another Thin Man is a 1939 film, the third in the series of six Thin Man films starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles and based on the writings of Dashiell Hammett. The film introduces their son, Nicky Jr. The cast also includes their terrier Asta, and Virginia Grey, Otto Kruger, C. Aubrey Smith, Ruth Hussey, Nat Pendleton, Patric Knowles, Sheldon Leonard, Tom Neal, Phyllis Gordon and Marjorie Main.

This was originally promoted in the USA under the title of Return of the Thin Man, and was followed by Shadow of the Thin Man (1941).

Main cast and characters

William Powell as Nick Charles.
Myrna Loy as Nora Charles

Other cast members

Virginia Grey as Lois MacFay/Linda Mills
Otto Kruger as Assistand District Attorney Van Slack
C. Aubrey Smith as Colonel Burr MacFay
Ruth Hussey as Dorothy Walters, Charles' nanny
Nat Pendleton as Lietenant Guild
Patric Knowles as Dudley Horn, Lois' fiance
Tom Neal as Freddie Coleman, MacFay's secretary
Phyllis Gordon as Mrs. Isabella Bellam, MacFay's housekeeper
Sheldon Leonard as Phil Church
Don Costello as "Diamond Back" Vogel