The Thin Man Goes Home

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The Thin Man Goes Home

Directed by	Richard Thorpe
Written by	Robert Riskin Dwight Taylor
Starring	William Powell Myrna Loy
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Loew's
Release date(s)	1945
Running time	100 min.
Country	U.S.A.
Language	English
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The Thin Man Goes Home is a 1945 motion picture directed by Richard Thorpe. It is the fifth of the six Thin Man films about Dashiell Hammett's dapper private detective and his wealthy wife.

The film combines the elements of comedy, crime, mystery, and romance.

This edition of the series was released ten years after the first one. It was followed by Song of the Thin Man in 1947.

[edit] Primary cast:

William Powell as Nicholas 'Nick' Charles
Myrna Loy as Nora Charles
Lucile Watson as Mrs. Charles
Gloria DeHaven as Laurabelle 'Laura' Ronson
Anne Revere as Crazy Mary
Helen Vinson as Helena Draque

[edit] Plot

This film involves Nick and Nora's visit to Nick's parents who live in the small town of Sycamore Springs. The early part of the film highlights difficulties in traveling during wartime with some very funny attempts to smuggle Asta on the train. Early on, it is revealed that Nick's father, Dr. Charles (Henry Davenport) has never been overly impressed with his son's career choice. The remainder of the film is not just about solving the crime, which typically Nick and Nora stumble into quite innocently, but also about resolving this issue between Nick and his father.

The background that the movie provides for Nick is rather interesting as it is totally at odds with what is revealed in the book by Dashiell Hammett. In the book, Nick is a Greek who changed his name to Charles. The type of small town upbringing which is portrayed in the movie is seemly at odds with the characterization in the book.