---
title: 'Another Thin Man (1939)'
type: 'film'
director: 'W. S. Van Dyke'
released: '1939-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 98
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/another-thin-man-1939'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031047/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Another Thin Man (1939)

1939 · 98 min · Comedy, Crime, Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

Another Thin Man is a 1939 American comedy mystery film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and the third installment in the Thin Man film series. It stars William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles and is based on Dashiell Hammett's Continental Op story "The Farewell Murder". The Charles' son Nickie Jr. is introduced for the first time. The cast also features their terrier Asta, Virginia Grey, Otto Kruger, C. Aubrey Smith, Ruth Hussey, Nat Pendleton, Patric Knowles, and Tom Neal. Shemp Howard, later of the Three Stooges, appears in an uncredited role as Wacky.

## Credits

- **Director:** [W. S. Van Dyke](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-s-van-dyke)
- **Screenplay:** [Frances Goodrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-goodrich), [Albert Hackett](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-hackett)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Edward Ward](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-ward)
- **Producer:** [Hunt Stromberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/hunt-stromberg)
- **Director of Photography:** [Oliver T. Marsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-t-marsh), [William H. Daniels](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-h-daniels)

## Cast

- [Skippy](https://cinepixo.com/people/skippy)
- [C. Aubrey Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/c-aubrey-smith)
- [Horace McMahon](https://cinepixo.com/people/horace-mcmahon)
- [William Powell](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-powell)
- [Sheldon Leonard](https://cinepixo.com/people/sheldon-leonard)
- [Harry Bellaver](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-bellaver)
- [Ruth Hussey](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruth-hussey)
- [Virginia Grey](https://cinepixo.com/people/virginia-grey)
- [Otto Kruger](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-kruger)
- [Myrna Loy](https://cinepixo.com/people/myrna-loy)
- [Frank Sully](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-sully)
- [Nat Pendleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/nat-pendleton)
- [Abner Biberman](https://cinepixo.com/people/abner-biberman)
- [Nestor Paiva](https://cinepixo.com/people/nestor-paiva)
- [Don Costello](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-costello)

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