The Thin Man (film) and Canada and $605,000 elsewhere. It made a profit of $729,000. The trailer contained specially filmed footage in which Nick Charles (William Powell) is seen on the cover of the Dashiell Hammett novel "The Thin Man". Nick Charles then steps out of the cover to talk to fellow detective Philo Vance (also played by Powell) about his latest case. Charles mentions he hasn't seen Vance since "The Kennel Murder Case", a film in which Powell played Vance. "The Kennel Murder Case" was released in October 1933, just seven months prior to the release of "The Thin Man". Charles goes on
Shadow of the Thin Man welcomed, coming two years after the previous outing and hitting theaters just two weeks before the attack on Pearl Harbor. It would be three years before Loy would make another film ("The Thin Man Goes Home" in 1945) as she left Hollywood for New York, where she volunteered with the Red Cross. The film was fourth of six based on the characters of Nick and Nora: Shadow of the Thin Man Shadow of the Thin Man is the fourth of the six "The Thin Man" films. It was released in 1941 and was directed by W. S. Van Dyke. It