The Thin Man Goes Home
The Thin Man Goes Home is a 1945 American comedy mystery film directed by Richard Thorpe. It is the fifth of the six Thin Man films starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as Dashiell Hammett's dapper ex-private detective Nick Charles and his wife Nora. The supporting cast includes Lucile Watson, Gloria DeHaven and Helen Vinson. This entry in The Thin Man series was the first not directed by W.S. Van Dyke, who had died in 1943.
Plot
Nick and Nora visit Nick's parents in Nick's hometown, Sycamore Springs, in New England. The residents are convinced that Nick is in town on an investigation, despite Nick's repeated denials. However, when aircraft factory employee Peter Berton seeks out Nick and is shot dead before he can reveal anything, Nick is on the case.
Cast
- Anita Sharp-Bolster
- Anne Revere
- Catherine McLeod
- Charles Halton
- Clarence Muse
- Connie Gilchrist
- Donald MacBride
- Donald Meek
- Edward Brophy
- Edward Gargan
- Etta McDaniel
- Fred Aldrich
- Gloria DeHaven
- Harry Davenport
- Harry Hayden
- Helen Vinson
- Irving Bacon
- Jean Acker
- John Wengraf
- Joseph Crehan
- Leon Ames
- Lloyd Corrigan
- Lucile Browne
- Lucile Watson
- Minor Watson
- Mitchell Lewis
- Morris Ankrum
- Myrna Loy
- Nora Cecil
- Oliver Blake
- Paul Langton
- Ralph G. Brooks
- Rex Evans
- Robert Emmett O'Connor
- Sarah Edwards
- Tom Fadden
- William Powell
More details
| author | Harry Kurnitz Robert Riskin |
|---|---|
| director | Richard Thorpe |
| editor | Ralph E. Winters |
| genre | comedy crime mystery thriller |
| keywords | aircraft factory belong birthday present change of heart fluoroscope hatred id kijirō nambu kill knock out murder weapon nambu new england paint sniper rifle spring spy ring world war ii |
| musicBy | David Snell |
| producer | Everett Riskin |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| publisher | Loews Cineplex Entertainment |
| theme | comedy thriller crime comedy sequel |