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Shadow of the Thin Man

Last three ‘Thin Man’ movies (1941-47) are the thinnest entries, but worth a look

The “Thin Man” saga survives its transition away from the original trilogy’s writers (Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich, working from stories by Dashiell Hammett) reasonably

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Thin Man 2 and 3

Nick and Nora are stars in ‘After the Thin Man’ (1936), ‘Another Thin Man’ (1939)

With his novel “The Thin Man” (1934), Dashiell Hammett switched protagonists from workaholic, down-and-dirty sleuths to a detective who retired at a young age and

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Thin Man movie

‘Thin Man’ movie (1934) emphasizes stars, but I can’t blame it

“The Thin Man” movie adaptation (1934) is a fascinating case study in how some things work for the written word and some things work for

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