The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)


The Thin Man Goes Home
Release Date25 January 1945
Budget$1,000,000
GenreComedy, Crime, Mystery, Drama, Family, Romance
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassCrime Comedy, Comedy Thriller
MoodSpellbinders
ThemesArt Theft, Unlikely Criminals, Bumbling Cops
TonesStylish, Witty, Humorous, Deadpan, Irreverent
TagsFamily, Investigation, Kill, Murder, Parent/child Relationship, Reunion, Vacation

The Thin Man Goes Home is a 1945 motion picture 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 private detective Nick Charles and his wife Nora.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Nick Charles

Nora Charles

Mrs. Charles

Laura Ronson

Crazy Mary

Helena Draque

Dr. Bertram Charles

Edgar Draque

Willie Crump

Brogan

Dr. Bruce Clayworth

Anita Sharp-Bolster
Hilda

Ralph Brooks
Peter Berton

Donald MacBride
Police Chief MacGregor

Willoughby

Nora Cecil
Miss Peavy

Sam Ronson

Virginia Sale
Tom's Wife

Asta
Asta

Chester Clute
The Drunk

Charlie

Policeman

Captain

Tart

Reporter

Dick Botiller
Big Man's Companion

Skating Woman

Bill Burns

Clancy Cooper
Butcher in Montage

Clancy, Policeman at Railroad Station

Tom Dillon
Police Officer

Slugs Lannigan

Sarah Edwards
Passenger on Train asking 'Why Should I?'

Rex Evans
Fat Man in Train Passageway

Tom Fadden
Train Passenger in Passageway

Sam Flint
Hotel Clerk

Tall Girl with Dog

Mickey Finnigan

Woman on Train with Baby

Sol Gorss
Bartender in Pool Room

Joseph J. Greene
Train Passenger

Jane Green
Mrs. Hobby, Clayworth's Housekeeper

R.T. Tatum

Mickey Harris
Contortionist

Train Conductor

Railroad Clerk

Bill Hunter
Police Officer

Frank Jaquet
Train Passenger with Glasses Askew

Paul Langton
Tom Clayworth

Third Man Outside Barber Shop

Bert May
Sailor

First Man Outside Barber Shop

Etta McDaniel
Ronson's Maid

Daughter in Montage

Douglas Morrow
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Porter on Train

Robert Emmett O'Connor
Baggage Attendant on Train

Garry Owen
Pool Player

Mickey Roth
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Bill Smith
Skating Man

Ray Teal
Second Man Outside Barber Shop

John Wengraf
Big Man

Marjorie Wood
Mother in Montage

Joe Yule
Barber

Director

Richard Thorpe
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Writer

Dwight Taylor

Producer

Everett Riskin
producer

Original Music

David Snell
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Cinematographer

Editor

Ralph E. Winters
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Art Director

Edward C. Carfagno

Set Decorator

Edwin B. Willis
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Production Manager

Edward Woehler
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Al Jennings
assistant director

Art Department

Mildred Griffiths
associate set decorator

Sound Department

recording director

James Burbridge
unit sound mixer

Standish J. Lambert
sound effects mixer, sound re-recordist

Frank McKenzie
sound effects mixer, sound re-recordist

Robert Shirley
sound re-recordist, sound effects mixer

Newell Sparks
sound re-recordist, sound effects mixer

William Steinkamp
sound effects mixer, sound re-recordist

Michael Steinore
sound effects mixer, sound re-recordist

John A. Williams
sound effects mixer, sound re-recordist

Camera and Electrical Department

Harkness Smith
second camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department

costume supervisor

Marion Herwood Keyes
associate costume supervisor

Music Department

Edward Baravalle
music mixer

Henry Eicheim
music technical advisor

M.J. McLaughlin
music mixer

William Saracino
music mixer

Other Crew

Jeanette Bates
dance director

A. Arnold Gillespie
transparency projection shots

Production Company

MGM-International Dist.

Loew's
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Distributor

MGM-International Dist.

Loew's
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Warner Home Video

Miscellaneous

MGM-International Dist.
presents






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The films of Richard Thorpe
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Athena (1954)
Barnacle Bill (1941)
Big Jack (1949)
Cry 'Havoc' (1943)
Green Eyes (1934)
Ivanhoe (1952)
Malaya (1949)
The Bad Man (1941)
The Prodigal (1955)
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