Shadow of the Thin Man is a movie directed by W.S. Van Dyke in 1941 and based on the characters from the book The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett, first published in 1934. The movie features William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson, Donna Reed, Sam Levene, Alan Baxter, and others.
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Year
1941
Minutes
97
Movie Rate
7.20
Source: IMDb
Movie
Shadow of the Thin Man
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Country: USA
Year: 1941
Length: 1h37m
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Year
1934
Pages
201
Book Rate
7.90
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Book
The Thin Man
Author: Dashiell Hammett
Country: USA
First published in: 1934
Length: 201 pages
Genre: Fiction
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TV Series by Oscar Rudolph, Don Weis, William Asher
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