
Nick and Nora head to Nick's hometown of Sycamore Springs to spend some time with his parents. His father, a prominent local physician, was always a bit disappointed with Nick's choice of profession in particular and his lifestyle in general. With Nick's arrival however the towns folk, including several of the local criminal element, are convinced that he must be there on a case despite his protestations that he's just there for rest and relaxation. When someone is shot dead ... (Full plot summary below)
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Nick and Nora head to Nick's hometown of Sycamore Springs to spend some time with his parents. His father, a prominent local physician, was always a bit disappointed with Nick's choice of profession in particular and his lifestyle in general. With Nick's arrival however the towns folk, including several of the local criminal element, are convinced that he must be there on a case despite his protestations that he's just there for rest and relaxation. When someone is shot dead on his doorstep however, Nick finds himself working on a case whether he wants to or not.
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThe Nick and Nora Charles crime formula story works even in the sticks. |
| Filmcritic.comChris BarsantiMore in keeping with a classic British mystery |
| User ReviewMaggie BBest of the Thin Man Seires. Classic Story. |
| User ReviewJames TMy personal favorite of the series. Nick & Nora Charles at there best! |
| User ReviewEdith NThis is my absolute, all time favorite of the Thin Man movies. Nick goes home to his father's house. His mother is a sweet old thing, played by character actress Lucile Watson, whose film career went back to an uncredited 1916 performance in [i]The Girl With Green Eyes[/i]. His father . . . is not. He is played by Harry Davenport--Dr. Meade from [i]Gone With the Wind[/i], and his career went back to 1914. In fact, all of the [i]Thin Man[/i] movies are filled with the very familiar and the vaguely familiar. Heck, Jimmy Stewart's in [i]After the Thin Man[/i]. Half the cast tends to be someone you're sure you recognize from somewhere. Aspects of the movie are quite different than in the ones before and after. (Well, there's only one after. But still.) It's a delightfully middle-class film, very different from the rarefied atmosphere they generally inhabit. There's very little drinking (apparently, liquor rationing was on at the time). One feels Nick's liver must have delighted in the break. The crowded train is another one of the WWII-centric aspects of this film. (Well, it [i]was[/i] released in January, 1945.) So are the omnipresent soldiers and sailors. (The previous one, [i]Shadow Of the Thin Man[/i], was released in 1941, and the next, [i]Song of the Thin Man[/i], was '47.) I strongly suspect that the "charity" bazaar and dance were to support war-related causes, though it's never actually specified. I love this movie. Its cast of characters is delightful. Its plot is nuanced (for a Thin Man movie, anyway). And you spend far less of it worried about liver failure. |
| User ReviewSteve MLooking at this list...Im caught suddenly realizing that I may have only seen 5 of the 6 in this series...but one doesnt stand out from the rest...? I'll get around 2 figuring thatone out later. |
| User ReviewJo YI lliked all their movies.I love the dog too |
| User Reviewzachary hagain very funny! you would think that after 2 movies they would just get bad, but its not true, they just get better and better!! |
| User ReviewBrianna WIs this the one with the painting? I love this movie!! I do love the classics! |
| User ReviewJoy HI love these old black & whites! I couldn't even list them all.... |