What is The Thin Man about?
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
Yes. It lands on a happy note.
A witty, wholesome mystery unfolds briskly as a husband and wife solve a cozy, whimsical crime.
Dry wit. A date-night pick at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Kanopy (free).
The Thin Man parents guide
There is no US rating to lean on. What we tagged stays mild: some innuendo or implied sex and some violence.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- Some violence
- Some fighting or peril.
- Sex and nudity
- Mild
- Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
- Language
- Mild
- Mild words like damn, hell or crap.
How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.
Cast and crew
Directed byW.S. Van Dyke
StarringWilliam Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan, Nat Pendleton, Minna Gombell, Porter Hall
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