REELS Film Series

Title: The Thin Man 
Actors: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan, Nat Pendleton, Minna Gombell 
Studio: Warner Bros. 
Director: W.S. Van Dyke II 
Rating: TV-G 
Runtime: 93 Minutes 
Year: 1934 
Description:
First and best of the famous whodunit series has the wisecracking, martini-sipping husband-and-wife sleuthing team of Nick and Nora Charles investigating the disappearance of an inventor who later is implicated in the murder of his secretary. The film, an adaptation of a Dashiell Hammett private-eye classic, was followed by five sequels. Incidentally, "The Thin Man" refers to the inventor, not Nick Charles.