After the Thin Man

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After the Thin Man
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NR,1hr 53min
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1936
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Warner Home Video
Synopsis: 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 ... Full Synopsis
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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 ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Nick Charles
Nora Charles
David Graham
Selma Landis
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