“The Thin Man” quotes
(1934)
Title The Thin Man
Year 1934
Director W.S. Van Dyke
Genre Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Year 1934
Director W.S. Van Dyke
Genre Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Plot – Nick Charles, an amateur detective, and his lively wife Nora are dragged by police into the researches of a scientist who has mysteriously disappeared. His daughter Dorothy is desperate, moreover the invisible scientist committs numerous crimes while unseen. Nick finally finds out the poor scientist's body: he's been killed by his secretary, who has carried out all the murders indeed.
All actors – William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan, Nat Pendleton, Minna Gombell, Porter Hall, Henry Wadsworth, William Henry, Harold Huber, Cesar Romero, Natalie Moorhead, Edward Brophy
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“- Nick Charles: How'd you like Grant's tomb?
- Nora Charles: It's lovely. I'm having a copy made for you.”“Dorothy is really my daughter. You see, it was spring in Venice and I was so young, I didn't know what I was doing.”
“The important thing is the rhythm. Always have rhythm in your shaking. Now a Manhattan you shake to fox-trot time, a Bronx to two-step time, a Dry Martini you always shake to waltz time.”
“- Nora Charles: What hit me?
- Nick Charles: The last martini.”“If you let anything happen to him, you'll never wag that tail again.”
“- Nick Charles: Now how did you ever remember me?
- Dorothy Wynant: Oh, you used to fascinate me. A real live detective. You used to tell me the most wonderful stories.”“You women sure take a lot of punishment.”
“If that knife's missing, I'll look for it in your back.”
“I've been studying psychopathic criminology and I have a theory. Perhaps this was the work of a sadist or a paranoiac. If I saw it I might be able to tell.”
“- Nick Charles: Now my friends, if I may propose a little toast. Let us eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
- Nora Charles: You give such charming parties, Mr. Charles.”“- Guild: Ever heard of the Sullivan Act?
- Nora Charles: Oh, that's all right, we're married.”“- Nora Charles: How do you feel?
- Nick Charles: Terrible. I must have gone to bed sober.”“I don't like crooks. And if I did like them, I wouldn't like crooks that are stool pigeons. And if I did like crooks that are stool pigeons, I still wouldn't like you.”
“Whoever killed him was counting on one thing: that skeletons all look alike.”
“- Dorothy Wynant: He still wants to marry me.
- Clyde Wynant: He's a brave man!”
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