A murder story with a brilliant cast, a brilliant script, brilliant direction, and photography that tells the story in no mean terms.
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TV Guide Magazine
TV Guide Magazine
What really makes The Thin Man an enduring classic, though, is the interplay between Powell and Loy, one of the greatest happily married couples ever to flicker on a screen.
Director W.S. Van Dyke and married co-writers Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich leavened the novel's hard-boiled tone and grim wit. The result is less a detective story with occasional flashes of humor than a light comedy set against a backdrop of murder.