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| − | '''''The Thin Man''''' is [[Dashiell Hammett]]'s story of a hard drinking former detective named Nick Charles who is pulled into the investigation of the murder of the secretary of a missing inventor. He and his wife are a charming but childless couple visiting [[Manhattan]]. | + | '''''The Thin Man''''' is [[Dashiell Hammett]]'s story of a hard drinking former detective named Nick Charles who is pulled into the investigation of the murder of the secretary of a missing inventor. He and his wife are a charming but childless couple visiting [[Manhattan]] to avoid relatives in 1932. In a [[speakeasy]] on Christmas Eve, Nick is recognized by Dorothy Wynant. |
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Revision as of 11:58, March 2, 2008
The Thin Man is Dashiell Hammett's story of a hard drinking former detective named Nick Charles who is pulled into the investigation of the murder of the secretary of a missing inventor. He and his wife are a charming but childless couple visiting Manhattan to avoid relatives in 1932. In a speakeasy on Christmas Eve, Nick is recognized by Dorothy Wynant.
Characters
- Nick Charles, 41 - married Nora 7 years ago
- Nora Charles, 26 - inherited her father's businesses
- Asta - their Schnauzer dog
- Julia Wolf, 32 - deceased secretary of Clyde Wynant
- Herbert Macaulay - Wynant's lawyer: "big, curly-haired, rosy-cheeked chap"
- Clyde Wynant - reclusive inventor, divorced from Mimi
- Dorothy Wynant, 19 or 20 - his daughter ("a small, pretty blond"), asks Nick to help find her father
- Gilbert Wynant, Dorothy's brother - reads and discusses macabre books
- Rosewater - tried to get money from Wynant
- Mimi Jorgenson - Wynant's ex-wife
- Chris Jorgenson - her husband
- Harrison Quinn - sweet on Dorothy
- Alice Quinn - Harrison's wife
- Shep Morelli - mobster
- Studsy Burke - mobster
- John Guild - cop
- Nunheim - informer