<P> The film 's screenplay was written by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich , a married couple . In 1934 , the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture . The titular `` Thin Man '' is not Nick Charles , but the man Charles is initially hired to find -- Clyde Wynant ( part way through the film , Charles describes Wynant as a `` thin man with white hair '' ) . The `` Thin Man '' moniker was thought by many viewers to refer to Nick Charles and , after a time , it was used in the titles of sequels as if referring to Charles . </P>
<P> The film 's screenplay was written by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich , a married couple . In 1934 , the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture . The titular `` Thin Man '' is not Nick Charles , but the man Charles is initially hired to find -- Clyde Wynant ( part way through the film , Charles describes Wynant as a `` thin man with white hair '' ) . The `` Thin Man '' moniker was thought by many viewers to refer to Nick Charles and , after a time , it was used in the titles of sequels as if referring to Charles . </P>
who is the thin man in the thin man movies
who is the thin man in the thin man movies
the man Charles is initially hired to find
the man Charles is initially hired to find