The eponymous "Thin Man" is not Nick Charles, but the man Charles is initially hired to find – Clyde Wynant (part way through the film, Charles describes Wynant as a "thin man with white hair"). Sarris, Andrew (1998) "You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet": The American Talking Film History and Memory, 1927-1949. It was a lot of pressure on the actors, who often had to learn new lines and business immediately before shooting, without the luxury of retakes, but Loy credited much of the appeal of the film to Van Dyke's pacing and spontaneity. In the 1976 comedy spoof movie Murder by Death, the characters of Nick and Nora Charles became Dick and Dora Charleston, played by David Niven and Maggie Smith.

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We also sell a wide range of refurbished Mobile Phones and Tech from major brands like Apple, Samsung, Sony, Microsoft and much more. From Stanley Kubrick to Martin Scorsese: Akira Kurosawa once named his top 100 favourite films of all time".Finally, in 'Song of the Thin Man' (1947), Nick and Nora Charles are attending a charity benefit aboard a gambling ship. Hammett based Nick and Nora's banter upon his rocky on-again, off-again relationship with playwright Lillian Hellman. 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.

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Finally, Nick and Nora, along with Dorothy and her new husband, Tommy, celebrate as they ride a luxury train back to California. The director had decided to shoot the scene without Powell knowing it so that he would be as relaxed and natural as possible. But Nick has already all but solved the case—and soon invites the full cast of suspects to an elegant dinner party.They assume that the remains belong to the "Fat Man"—a long-ago enemy of Wynant's—because of its oversized clothing with a belt buckle bearing an "R" (for "Rosebreen", that notorious figure's surname).

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The 1080p high-definition master was made from a 4K restoration based on new transfers of the picture's best surviving film elements, with digital correction of a multitude of defects seen in earlier home-media releases. According to Loy, the actors were not allowed to interact between takes with the dog Skippy; trainers felt it would break his concentration. Nick is a retired private detective who left his very successful career when he married Nora, a wealthy heiress accustomed to high society. Nick decides that the best way to clear up the case is to invite all the suspects to dinner with Lt. Skippy was subsequently cast in two screwball comedy classics, The Awful Truth (1937) and Bringing Up Baby (1938).

Powell complained that he had too many lines to learn and could barely decipher the complicated plot he was unraveling.

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The 2022 science fiction novel The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal is a sci-fi take on the Nick and Nora characters, but set in space. When he is murdered later that night, suspicion falls on Phil Brant (Bruce Cowling), who had argued with Drake earlier in the evening. The rapid fire dialogue is about the best heard since talkies, and it is delivered by Powell and Miss Loy to perfection".Although she had great compliments for Powell's charm and wit, Maureen O'Sullivan (who played the daughter of Wynant) later said she did not enjoy making the picture because her part was so small and the production was so rushed.