Another Thin Man

Another Thin Man
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	W. S. Van Dyke
Written by	Anita Loos
Screenplay by	Frances Goodrich Albert Hackett
Story by	Dashiell Hammett
Based on	The Farewell Murder by Dashiell Hammett
Produced by	Hunt Stromberg
Starring	William Powell Myrna Loy Virginia Grey Otto Kruger C. Aubrey Smith Ruth Hussey
Cinematography	William H. Daniels Oliver T. Marsh
Edited by	Fredrick Y. Smith
Music by	Edward Ward
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's Inc.
Release date	November 17, 1939 (1939-11-17) (US)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,107,000
Box office	$2,223,000

Another Thin Man is a 1939 American detective film directed by W. S. Van Dyke, the third of six in the Thin Man series. It again stars William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles and is based on Dashiell Hammett's Continental Op story "The Farewell Murder".^[1] The Charles' son Nicky Jr. is introduced for the first time. The cast includes their terrier Asta, Virginia Grey, Otto Kruger, C. Aubrey Smith, Ruth Hussey, Nat Pendleton, Patric Knowles, Sheldon Leonard, Tom Neal, Phyllis Gordon and Marjorie Main. Shemp Howard appears in an uncredited role as Wacky.^[2][3]

The film was unable to be called Return of the Thin Man because The Thin Man from the original film was "completely dead" according to newspapers in 1939. It was followed by Shadow of the Thin Man (1941).