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title: "The Thin Man: cast and crew"
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cast: 60
crew: 22
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# The Thin Man (1934): cast and crew

60 cast and 22 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [William Powell](https://film.one/person/william-powell.md) as Nick Charles
- [Myrna Loy](https://film.one/person/myrna-loy.md) as Nora Charles
- [Maureen O'Sullivan](https://film.one/person/maureen-osullivan.md) as Dorothy Wynant
- [Nat Pendleton](https://film.one/person/nat-pendleton.md) as Inspector Guild
- [Minna Gombell](https://film.one/person/minna-gombell.md) as Mimi Wynant
- [Porter Hall](https://film.one/person/porter-hall.md) as Herbert MacCaulay
- [Henry Wadsworth](https://film.one/person/henry-wadsworth.md) as Tommy
- [William Henry](https://film.one/person/william-henry-32434.md) as Gilbert Wynant
- [Harold Huber](https://film.one/person/harold-huber.md) as Arthur Nunheim
- [Cesar Romero](https://film.one/person/cesar-romero.md) as Chris Jorgenson
- [Natalie Moorhead](https://film.one/person/natalie-moorhead.md) as Julia Wolf
- [Edward Brophy](https://film.one/person/edward-brophy.md) as Joe Morelli
- [Edward Ellis](https://film.one/person/edward-ellis.md) as Clyde Wynant
- Cyril Thornton as Tanner
- William Augustin as Wynant's Butler (uncredited)
- Polly Bailey as Janitress (uncredited)
- Arthur Belasco as Detective (uncredited)
- Brooks Benedict as Night Club Patron (uncredited)
- Tui Bow as Stenographer (uncredited)
- Raymond Brown as Dr. Walton (uncredited)
- Ruth Channing as Mrs. Jorgenson (uncredited)
- Jack Cheatham as Detective (uncredited)
- Clay Clement as Quinn (uncredited)
- Dorothy Compton as Maid at Dinner Party (uncredited)
- Nick Copeland as Reporter (uncredited)
- John Dunsmuir as Boxer at Party (uncredited)
- Pat Flaherty as Fighter at Party (uncredited)
- [Bess Flowers](https://film.one/person/bess-flowers.md) as Nick's Party Guest (uncredited)
- [Douglas Fowley](https://film.one/person/douglas-fowley.md) as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- Christian J. Frank as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
- Kay Garrett as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
- Kenneth Gibson as Apartment Clerk (uncredited)
- Dick Gordon as Night Club Patron (uncredited)
- Creighton Hale as Reporter (uncredited)
- Sherry Hall as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- Edward Hearn as Detective (uncredited)
- Robert Homans as Billy (uncredited)
- John Irwin as Face Tefler (uncredited)
- Thomas E. Jackson as Reporter (uncredited)
- Sydney Jarvis as Witness (uncredited)
- Tiny Jones as Woman Buying Newspaper (uncredited)
- Kenner G. Kemp as Night Club Patron (uncredited)
- John Larkin as Porter (uncredited)
- Dixie Laughton as Janitress (uncredited)
- Walter Long as Stutsy Burke (uncredited)
- Fred Malatesta as Joe (uncredited)
- Hans Moebus as Night Club Patron (uncredited)
- William H. O'Brien as Bartender (uncredited)
- Frank O'Connor as Detective Waiter (uncredited)
- Henry Otho as Burly Party Waiter-Bodyguard (uncredited)
- Garry Owen as Detective (uncredited)
- Lee Phelps as Detective (uncredited)
- Alexander Pollard as Waiter Hired for Dinner (uncredited)
- Albert Pollet as Waiter Hired for Dinner (uncredited)
- Bob Reeves as Cop (uncredited)
- [Bert Roach](https://film.one/person/bert-roach.md) as Crying Man at Party (uncredited)
- [Rolfe Sedan](https://film.one/person/rolfe-sedan.md) as Waiter (uncredited)
- Gertrude Short as Marian (uncredited)
- Lee Shumway as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
- Skippy as Asta (uncredited)

## Directing

- [W. S. Van Dyke](https://film.one/person/w-s-van-dyke.md): Director
- Lesley Selander: Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Albert Hackett](https://film.one/person/albert-hackett.md): Screenplay
- Dashiell Hammett: Novel
- [Frances Goodrich](https://film.one/person/frances-goodrich.md): Screenplay

## Production

- [Hunt Stromberg](https://film.one/person/hunt-stromberg.md): Producer

## Camera

- Ted Allen: Still Photographer
- [James Wong Howe](https://film.one/person/james-wong-howe.md): Director of Photography
- Clarence Sinclair Bull: Still Photographer

## Editing

- [Robert J. Kern](https://film.one/person/robert-kern.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- Wayne Allen: Orchestrator
- David Snell: Orchestrator
- Maurice De Packh: Orchestrator
- Jack Virgil: Orchestrator
- [William Axt](https://film.one/person/william-axt.md): Original Music Composer
- Douglas Shearer: Sound Director

## Art

- Cedric Gibbons: Art Direction
- David Townsend: Assistant Art Director
- Edwin B. Willis: Assistant Art Director

## Costume and make-up

- [Dolly Tree](https://film.one/person/dolly-tree.md): Costume Design
- Eugene Joseff: Other

## Crew

- Howard Dietz: Public Relations

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