Amateur detectives Nick and Nora Charles investigate various crimes.Amateur detectives Nick and Nora Charles investigate various crimes.Amateur detectives Nick and Nora Charles investigate various crimes.
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
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- TriviaThe Thin Man is a half-hour weekly television series based on the mystery novel The Thin Man (1933) by Dashiell Hammett.
- ConnectionsFeatured in MGM: When the Lion Roars (1992)
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Charm of its leads
After Dear Phoebe left the air after one season, Joseph P. Kennedy was behind a second television show for his son-in-law Peter Lawford. The famous Thin Man series was adapted to a half hour television format and Lawford played Nick with Phyllis Kirk as Nora. Of course Asta was around as well. No children however for the Charles as were introduced in the six film series for MGM.
Lawford and Kirk were really up against it. William Powell had just retired and Myrna Loy was still active. People remembered the most famous screen couple ever created. Additionally and this is my own personal opinion, mysteries are no good in a half hour format, you need at least an hour to develop plot and alternative suspects.
Still The Thin Man on television was entertaining and got by on the charm of its leads.
Lawford and Kirk were really up against it. William Powell had just retired and Myrna Loy was still active. People remembered the most famous screen couple ever created. Additionally and this is my own personal opinion, mysteries are no good in a half hour format, you need at least an hour to develop plot and alternative suspects.
Still The Thin Man on television was entertaining and got by on the charm of its leads.
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- Jun 13, 2013
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- Runtime30 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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