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Country of origin
  
USA

No. of seasons
  
2

Final episode date
  
26 June 1959

Genres
  
Sitcom, Drama

7.6/10
IMDb

Written by
  
Ben Starr

Original language(s)
  
English

First episode date
  
20 September 1957

Network
  
NBC

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Starring
  
Peter LawfordPhyllis Kirk

Theme music composer
  
Johnny Green Season 1Pete Rugolo Season 2

Cast
  
Peter Lawford, Phyllis Kirk

Similar
  
Perry Mason, Mickey Spillane's Mike Ha, Richard Diamond - Private D, Spenser: For Hire, Mike Hammer - Private Eye

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The Thin Man is a half-hour weekly television series based on the mystery novel The Thin Man (1933) by Dashiell Hammett and the 1935 -1947 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie series of the same name. The 72 episodes were produced by MGM Television and broadcast by NBC for two seasons from 1957–1959 on Friday evening. It was the first TV series produced by MGM.

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Overview

The series starred Peter Lawford and Phyllis Kirk as Nick and Nora Charles. The dog, Asta, was played by three identical wire-hair terriers. Jack Albertson, Patricia Donahue, and Nita Talbot had recurring roles during the show's second season. Albertson played Lieutenant Harry Evans of the New York Police Department. Donahue played Hazel, Nick and Nora's neighbor. Talbot played Beatrice Dane, alias Blondie Collins, a criminal who dragged Nick and Nora into her schemes. Both Hazel and Beatrice made attempts to seduce Nick. Nora's jealousy fueled her sarcasm on these occasions.

A newspaper columnist wrote that Nora Charles' role was different from that of other female leads in detective programs on television. Kirk commented:

We were the first of the sophisticated detective dramas, and from the scripts it was simple to see that the part of Nora Charles was that of a leading lady who made more than token appearances. Since then some of the new shows just use girls as part of the scenery.

Among the series guest stars was Billy Gray, who appeared at the same time he was cast as James "Bud" Anderson, Jr., in Father Knows Best. Ann McCrea was cast as Billie in the 1958 episode, "The Lost Last Chapter". Of note is the "guest star" in the episode "Robot Client", none other than the original Robby the Robot from the 1956 film "Forbidden Planet".

Ben Starr was the program's writer; Sam Marx was the executive producer.

The series began airing on Sony's getTV in March 2016.

Season 1: 1957–58

  1. "The Dollar Doodle" / 1957-09-20
  2. "Duke of Sing Sing" / 1957-09-27
  3. "The Angel Biz" / 1957-10-04
  4. "Come Back Darling Asta" / 1957-10-11
  5. "Paris Pendant" / 1957-10-18
  6. "That's the Spirit" / 1957-10-25
  7. "Acrostic Murder" / 1957-11-01
  8. "Dead Duck" / 1957-11-08
  9. "Fatal Cliche" / 1957-11-15
  10. "Ring Around Rosie" / 1957-11-22
  11. "Angels in Paradise" / 1957-11-29
  12. "The Fashion Showdown" / 1957-12-06
  13. "Dead Giveaway" / 1957-12-13
  14. "Unwelcome Alibi" / 1957-12-27
  15. "Asta Day" / 1958-01-03
  16. "The Scene Stealer" / 1958-01-10
  17. "Damone Dilemma" / 1958-01-17
  18. "Unlucky Lucky Number" / 1958-01-24
  19. "Man on the Bridge" / 1958-01-31
  20. "Pre-Incan Caper" / 1958-02-07
  21. "Murder Is Where You Find It" / 1958-02-14
  22. "Ship Shakedown" / 1958-02-21
  23. "Robot Client" / 1958-02-28
  24. "The Mystery of the Missing Murders" / 1958-03-07
  25. "Double Jeopardy" / 1958-03-14
  26. "Bookworms" / 1958-03-21
  27. "Jittery Juror" / 1958-03-28
  28. "The Departed Doctor" / 1958-04-04
  29. "The Tennis Champ" / 1958-04-11
  30. "The Delinquent" / 1958-04-18
  31. "The Painted Witnesses" / 1958-05-02
  32. "The Saucer People" / 1958-05-09
  33. "The Carstadt Man" / 1958-05-16
  34. "The Art of Murder" / 1958-05-23
  35. "Kappa Kappa Kaper" / 1958-05-30
  36. "The Valley Forger" / 1958-06-06
  37. "The Screaming Doll" / 1958-06-13

Season 2: 1958–59

  1. "Scene of the Crime" / 1958-10-24
  2. "Housewarming" / 1958-10-31
  3. "Pack My Gat, Beulah" / 1958-11-07
  4. "Lost Last Chapter" / 1958-11-14
  5. "I Loathe You, Darling" / 1958-11-21
  6. "Human Bomb" / 1958-11-28
  7. "Plague of Pigeons" / 1958-12-05
  8. "Design for Murder" / 1958-12-12
  9. "Murder in Mink" / 1958-12-19
  10. "Lady on the Lam" / 1958-12-26
  11. "Beauty and the Bath" / 1959-01-02
  12. "The Case of the Baggy Pants" / 1959-01-09
  13. "Maine Thing" / 1959-01-23
  14. "Outrageous" / 1959-01-30
  15. "The Big Holdout" / 1959-02-06
  16. "Perfect Servant" / 1959-02-13
  17. "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Morgue" / 1959-02-20
  18. "Black Wind and Lightning" / 1959-02-27
  19. "Holiday for Hazel" / 1959-03-06
  20. "Lady Frankenstein" / 1959-03-13
  21. "Mayhem to Music" / 1959-03-20
  22. "La Sabre Invecta Est?" / 1959-03-27
  23. "Gory Road" / 1959-04-03
  24. "Anonymity Anyone?" / 1959-04-10
  25. "That's Gratitude" / 1959-04-17
  26. "The Cat Kicker" / 1959-04-24
  27. "Bronze Bonze" / 1959-05-01
  28. "Requiem for a Recluse" / 1959-05-08
  29. "Nora Goes Over the Wall" / 1959-05-15
  30. "Hamilton Hollered Help" / 1959-05-22
  31. "Dear Dead Days" / 1959-05-29
  32. "Cold Cargo" / 1959-06-05
  33. "Bat McKidderick Esq." / 1959-06-12
  34. "Cherchez La Sexpot" / 1959-06-19
  35. "Paradise Discovered" / 1959-06-26

References

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