After The Thin Man - Old Time Radio Crime

About this episode

This episode explores the glamorous and humorous world of 'After the Thin Man', featuring iconic characters Nick and Nora Charles.

Fedora? Check. Trench coat? Naturally. Martini? Do you need to ask? This week on the Shiver Show, we slip into the sparkling, sophisticated world of After the Thin Man — where murder is serious business, but our sleuths never lose their sense of style or humour. Based on the writings of Dashiell Hammett, this 1940 Lux Radio Theatre production reunites Hollywood legends William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles: the glamorous married sleuths who turned crime-solving into an a...

Topics covered

• crime
• mystery
• old time radio
• film
• humor

Keywords

• After the Thin Man
• William Powell
• Myrna Loy
• Dashiell Hammett
• Lux Radio Theatre
• crime-solving
• old time radio

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lux Radio Theatre

Books & works: After the Thin Man, Dashiell Hammett

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