The Adventures of the Thin Man was a radio detective series broadcast on all four major radio networks during the years 1941 to 1950. The radio series was modeled after the film series which was based
Les Tremayne and Claudia Morgan
Dashiell Hammett
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Samuel Dashiell Hammett was an American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He was also a screenwriter and political activist. Among the characters he created are Sam Spade, Nick
The Adventures of the Thin Man
…broadcast on all four major radio networks during the years 1941 to 1950. The radio series was modeled after the film series which was based on the 1934 Dashiell Hammett novel. Claudia Morgan had the female lead role of Nora Charles throughout the program's entire nine-year run, with multiple actors playing the part of…
Hammett in 1951
Building at 891 Post Street, San Francisco, where Hammett lived while writing The Maltese Falcon: The character Sam Spade may have also lived in the building.
Lillian Hellman in 1935
Photo portrait of Hammett from the cover of his final novel, The Thin Man (1934)