page_title: The Thin Man (film)
section_title: Cast
hierarchical_section_title: The Thin Man (film) / Cast
caption_attribution_description: English: Film poster for the American detective film The Thin Man (1934).
context_page_description: The Thin Man is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy-mystery directed by W. S. Van Dyke and based on the novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett. The film stars William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, a leisure-class couple who enjoy copious drinking and flirtatious banter. Nick is a retired police detective who left his very successful career when he married Nora, a wealthy heiress accustomed to high society. Their wire-haired fox terrier Asta was played by canine actor Skippy. In 1997, the film was added to the United States National Film Registry having been deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
  The film's screenplay was written by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich, a married couple. In 1934, the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. The titular "Thin Man" is not Nick Charles, but the man Charles is initially hired to find – Clyde Wynant. The "Thin Man" moniker was thought by many viewers to refer to Nick Charles and, after a time, it was used in the titles of sequels as if referring to Charles.
context_section_description: William Powell as Nick Charles
  Myrna Loy as Nora Charles
  Skippy as Asta, their dog
  Maureen O'Sullivan as Dorothy Wynant
  Nat Pendleton as Lt. John Guild
  Minna Gombell as Mimi Wynant Jorgenson
  Porter Hall as Herbert MacCaulay
  Henry Wadsworth as Tommy
   
  William Henry as Gilbert Wynant
  Harold Huber as Arthur Nunheim
  Cesar Romero as Chris Jorgenson
  Natalie Moorhead as Julia Wolf
  Edward Brophy as Joe Morelli
  Edward Ellis as Clyde Wynant, the "thin man"
  Cyril Thornton as Tanner
   
  Cast notes:
  Nat Pendleton reprised the role of Lt. Guild in 1939's Another Thin Man.
caption: Lobby card
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