<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
the man Charles is initially hired to find