The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
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60% of critics liked it
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79% of users liked it
(2,528 ratings)
This fifth entry in MGM's off-and-on "Thin Man" series maintains the high production and story values of the first four. Per the title, retired private detective Nick Charles (William Powell) pays a visit to his home town of Sycamore Springs, with wife Nora (Myrna Loy) in tow. Poor… More This fifth entry in MGM's off-and-on "Thin Man" series maintains the high production and story values of the first four. Per the title, retired private detective Nick Charles (William Powell) pays a visit to his home town of Sycamore Springs, with wife Nora (Myrna Loy) in tow. Poor Nick is amusingly browbeaten by his parents (Harry Davenport and Lucile Watson), who wanted their boy to study medicine, is frustrated by the fact that there isn't a good stiff drink to be had in town, and is hilariously defeated by a recalcitrant hammock. In a more serious vein, Nick and Nora become involved in international intrigue while investigating the murder of a local house painter. If the identity of the murderer seems obvious today, it is only because the actor in question has played so many "surprise killers" in other films of this genre. A refreshing change of pace for the usually urbanized "Thin Man" series, The Thin Man Goes Home features such colorful suspects as Gloria DeHaven, Edward Brophy, Lloyd Corrigan, Leon Ames, and, best of all, Ann Revere as a local eccentric named "Crazy Mary". ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Richard Thorpe
- Written By
- Harry Kurnitz, Robert Riskin, Dwight Taylor
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Classics, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Jun 1, 1945 Wide
- On DVD
- Aug 2, 2005
- Studio
- MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Critic Reviews
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Chris Barsanti, Filmcritic.com
More in keeping with a classic British mystery
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John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
By the time The Thin Man Goes Home rolled around, the series was beginning to feel pretty thin itself.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
The Nick and Nora Charles crime formula story works even in the sticks.
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Cast
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William Powell
as Nick Charles
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Myrna Loy
as Nora Charles
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Lucile Watson
as Mrs. Charles
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Gloria de Haven
as Laura Ronson
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Anne Revere
as Crazy Mary
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Harry Davenport
as Dr. Bertram Charles
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Edward S. Brophy
as Brogan
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Helen Vinson
as Helena Draque
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Leon Ames
as Edgar Draque
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Donald Meek
as Willie Crump
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Lloyd Corrigan
as Bruce Clayworth
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Anita Bolster
as Hilda
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Ralph Brooke
as Peter Berton
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Donald MacBride
as Chief MacGregory
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Jean Acker
as Tart
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Morris Ankrum
as Willoughby
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Irving Bacon
as Tom the Proprietor
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Oliver Blake
as Reporter
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Dick Botiller
as Big Man's Companion
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Ralph Brooks
as Tom Burton
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Lucille Brown
as Skating Act
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Wally Cassell
as Bill Burns
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Nora Cecil
as Miss Peavy
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Chester Clute
as Drunk
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Clancy Cooper
as Butcher
- Thomas P. Dillon
- Helen Eby-Rock
- Sarah Edwards
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Rex Evans
as Fat man
- Tom Fadden
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Edward Gargan
as Mickey
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Connie Gilchrist
as Woman with baby
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Sol (Saul) Gorss
as Bartender
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Charles Halton
as Tatum
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Harry Hayden
as Conductor
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Arthur Hohl
as Charlie
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Robert E. Homans
as Railroad Clerk
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Frank Jaquet
as Train Passenger
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Paul Langton
as Tom Clayworth
- Mitchell Lewis
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Mike Mazurki
as Man
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Etta McDaniel
as Ronson's Maid
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Catherine McLeod
as Montage Shot Daughter
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Clarence Muse
as Porter
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Robert E. O'Connor
as Baggage Man
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Garry Owen
as Pool Player
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Lee Phelps
as Cop
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Virginia Sale
as Tom's Wife
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Ray Teal
as Man
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Anthony Warde
as Captain
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Minor Watson
as Sam Ronson
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John Wengraf
as Big Man
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Don Wilson
as Masseur
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Marjorie Wood
as Montage Shot Mother
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Joe Yule
as Barber
- Joseph J. Greene
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Tom Dugan
as Slugs
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Jane Green
as Housekeeper
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William Hunter
as Officer
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Bert May
as Sailor
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Bill Smith
as Skating Man
- Gloria Dehaven
