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After the Thin Man (1936)

After the Thin Man poster
Directed by
W. S. Van Dyke
Genre
comedy film, crime film, mystery film, comedy thriller
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 48m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 199 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Nick and Nora Charles return to their San Francisco home after a trip. A family member goes missing and then turns up dead, so the couple starts asking questions among the local nightlife crowd to find the killer.

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What happens

After the Thin Man is a 1936 American comedy mystery film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring William Powell and Myrna Loy. A sequel to the 1934 feature The Thin Man, the film presents Powell and Loy as Dashiell Hammett's characters Nick and Nora Charles. The film also features James Stewart, Elissa Landi, Joseph Calleia, Jessie Ralph, Alan Marshal, and Teddy Hart. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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