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Which characters did William Powell and Myrna Loy play in The Thin Man?
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W.S. Van Dyke
W.S. Van Dyke (standing, right) directing Myrna Loy and William Powell during the filming of The Thin Man (1934); cinematographer James Wong Howe is on the left.
In the 1934 film The Thin Man, directed by W.S. Van Dyke, the lead actors played the following characters:
- William Powell starred as the dapper detective Nick Charles.12
- Myrna Loy starred as his witty and wealthy wife, Nora Charles.12
The film, based on the Dashiell Hammett novel, became famous for the chemistry between the two leads as they portrayed the sophisticated, cocktail-drinking husband-and-wife detective team.123