The Adventures of the Thin Man

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| show_name = The Adventures of the Thin Man

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| other_names = The Thin Man

| format = Comedy thriller

| runtime = 30 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

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| syndicates = NBC
CBS
ABC

| television = The Thin Man

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| starring = Les Damon
David Gothard
Joseph Curtin
Claudia Morgan

| announcer = Ed Herlihy
Nelson Case
Glenn Riggs
Tom Shirley
Ron Rawson
Jimmy Wallington
Joe Weeks
Ted Pearson
Dwight Weist

| creator = Dashiell Hammett

| writer = Ruth Hawkins
Denis Green
Milton Lewis
Louis Vittes
Robert Newsom
Eugene Wang

| director = Himan Brown

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| producer = Himan Brown

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| first_aired = July 2, 1941

| last_aired = September 1, 1950

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| sponsor = Sanka Coffee

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The Adventures of the Thin Man radio series, initially starring Les Damon, was broadcast on all four major radio networks during the years 1941 to 1950. Claudia Morgan had the female lead role of Nora Charles{{cite news|title='Adventures of the Thin Man' Added to Friday Listings|newspaper=Harrisburg Telegraph |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4043102/harrisburg_telegraph/|agency=Harrisburg Telegraph|date=January 2, 1943|location=Pennsylvania, Harrisburg|page=15|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = January 14, 2016}} {{Open access}} throughout the program's entire nine-year run. The radio series was modeled after the film series which was based on the 1934 Dashiell Hammett novel.

The first series, sponsored by Woodbury Soap Company, aired on NBC Wednesdays at 8pm from July 2, 1941, to December 23, 1942. Les Damon portrayed detective Nick Charles, and he continued in the role into 1943.

Sponsored by General Foods (Post Toasties, Maxwell House Coffee, Sanka), the next series began on CBS January 8, 1943, airing on Fridays at 8:30pm and some Sunday timeslots and continuing until December 26, 1947. Les Tremayne and David Gothard were heard as Nick Charles in 1944–45, with Tremayne still in the role in 1945–46. Les Damon returned as Nick in 1946–47, with Tremayne back in 1948-49 (sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon beer during the summer of '48). The last actor to do the part was Joseph Curtin in 1950.{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=EwtRbXNca0oC&dq=%22The+Adventures+of+the+Thin+Man,+a+comedy+thriller%22&pg=PA15 |last=Dunning |first=John |authorlink=John Dunning (detective fiction author) |title=On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio |date=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York, NY |isbn=978-0-19-507678-3 |page=15|edition=Revised |access-date=2019-09-03}}

The program's announcers were Ted Pearson, Jimmy Wallington, Joe Weeks, Dwight Weist,{{cite book |last1=Cox |first1=Jim |title=Radio Crime Fighters: More Than 300 Programs from the Golden Age |date=14 June 2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-1227-0 |pages=34–36 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gLzwCQAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&lpg=PA35&dq=%22Adventures%20of%20the%20Thin%20Man%22&pg=PA34#v=onepage&q=%22Adventures%20of%20the%20Thin%20Man%22&f=true |access-date=December 22, 2024 |language=en}} Ed Herlihy, Ron Rawson, and Tom Shirley. Fred Fradkin provided music. Himan Brown was the producer.{{cite book |last1=Terrace |first1=Vincent |title=Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows |date=September 2, 2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0528-9 |page=17 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EhOBCgAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&lpg=PA17&dq=%22Adventures%20of%20the%20Thin%20Man%22&pg=PA17#v=onepage&q=%22Adventures%20of%20the%20Thin%20Man%22&f=true |access-date=December 22, 2024 |language=en}} Writers included Dennis Green, Ruth Hawkins, Robert Newman, Louis Vittes, Eugene Wang, and Milton Lewis.{{cite magazine |date=October 23, 1944 |page=110 |title=Thin Man: Radio's famous detective team enacts'The Case of the Tattooed Thigh' |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BkIEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA110&dq=%22Adventures%20of%20the%20Thin%20Man%22&pg=PA110#v=onepage&q=%22Adventures%20of%20the%20Thin%20Man%22&f=true |magazine=Life |access-date=December 22, 2024 }}