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The Thin Man (1934)

Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Writers: Albert Hackett & Frances Goodrich (screenplay)
Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan
Genre: Comedy, Crime Mystery

"Former detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora investigate a murder case, mostly for the fun of it."

Bashed on the novel 'The Thin Man by renowned writer Dashiell Hammett...I've been meaning to watch this for such a long time, as I'm a big fan of William Powell and Myrna Loy. My favorite paring of Powell and Loy is in Manhattan Melodrama (1934)

The Thin Man is a unique blend of a who dunnit mystery & screwball comedy. My wife loved seeing the dog Asta. Asta was quite good at doing tricks, I laughed at the balloon biting trick myself.

It's interesting that this is a Dashiell Hammett story, who's best known for penning The Maltese Falcon. The Thin Man was sort of like a proto-noir in that it had some of the elements of The Maltese Falcon, but without the forbidding, ever-present danger. It's very much like early 30s films that are set in newspaper rooms with there many characters, lots of dialogue, and combining comedy+mystery+drama.

Fun movie and the dog was cute too.