Even though it's a new director and new writers this 5th THIN MAN outing is
pretty good. My favorite part is they left the kid out completely! Hahaha. He
sucked.
Nick and Nora take a train trip to Nick's hometown to visit his folks. He's just
there to relax, but when word quickly gets around the small town that the great
detective Nick Charles on the scene everybody with something to hide starts
hiding it real good. Including somebody who wants something hidden so well
they'll commit murder! That's not a bad decision if you can do it secretly, but
it's downright foolish to do it while the victim is talking face-to-face with
Nick! WTF?
Anyway, Nick is now on the prowl for clues and it's fun to see him in a small
town instead of the big city. As usual at the end he gathers all of the players
into a room before laying down some heavy duty facts on them. One thing I
didn't care for though was Nora's
character was written to be an know-it-all dimwit. Before she was always sweet
and cute, but now she kept butting in and annoying everybody. I didn't care for
that at all. Despite that one thing this was a good film, but you can seen that
the series has pretty much ran it's course.
One interesting thing I read on IMDb was that the producers thought about
replacing Myrna Loy with Irene Dunne! Now
that would have been interesting.
Part 1 - The Thin Man (1934)
Part 2 - After the Thin Man (1936)
Part 3- Another Thin Man (1939)
Part 4 - Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
Part 6 - Song of the Thin Man (1947)