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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. 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.

Original Release

09/20/1957 on NBC

US Release

09/20/1957

Cast

Name	Character

Peter Lawford	Nick Charles
Phyllis Kirk	Nora Charles
Asta	Asta
Jack Albertson	Lt. Harry Evans
Patricia Donahue	Hazel - Neighbor
Jack Albertson	Lt. Harry Edwards
Stafford Repp	Lt. Ralph Raines
Tol Avery	Lt. Steve King
Patricia Donahue	Hazel
Nita Talbot	Beatrice 'Blondie' Collins

(see additional cast & crew)

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

Directors

Oscar Rudolph, Don Weis, William Asher, Andrew McCullough, Richard Kinon, John Newland, Norman Abbott, Bretaigne Windust, Bernard Girard, Leigh Jason, John Meredyth Lucas, Abner Biberman, Robert B. Sinclair

Writers

Dashiell Hammett, Charles Hoffman, Phil Davis, Devery Freeman, Michael Fessier, Robert Riley Crutcher, Edmund L. Hartmann, Joel Kane, John L. Greene, Dwight Taylor, Dean Riesner, Sig Herzig, Seaman Jacobs, Si Rose, Leonard Gershe, Martin Ragaway, George Oppenheimer, George Beck, David Rogers, Arthur Alsberg, Jay Dratler, Jerry Adelman, Elon Packard, Milton Pascal, Arline Anderson, Judy George, Lou Breslow, Harold Swanton, Leonard Praskins, Herman Groves, Irving Wallace, Arthur Phillips, Harry Winkler, Gladys Lehman, Barry Crane, Ben Starr, Bruce Geller, George W. George

Cast

Name	Character

Peter Lawford	Nick Charles
Phyllis Kirk	Nora Charles
Asta	Asta
Jack Albertson	Lt. Harry Evans
Patricia Donahue	Hazel - Neighbor
Jack Albertson	Lt. Harry Edwards
Stafford Repp	Lt. Ralph Raines
Tol Avery	Lt. Steve King
Patricia Donahue	Hazel
Nita Talbot	Beatrice 'Blondie' Collins
James Nolan	Officer Frumkin
Marjorie Bennett	Mrs. Bascome
Blanche Sweet	Mrs. Durkem - Neighbor
Jennifer Howard	Joyce
Marya Stevens	Liana
Doris Packer	Della
John Sebastian	Brad Cooley
Jean Durand	'King Joe' Durrand
Billy Gray	Mike Edwards
Peter Gordon	Mr. Wilson - Jeweler

Producers

Name	Role

Samuel Marx	Executive Producer
Richard Maibaum	Executive Producer
Robert L. Welch	Producer
Edmund Beloin	Producer
Devery Freeman	Producer
Milton Ebbins	Producer
David Heilweil	Producer
Ben Starr	Producer