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The Thin Man Goes Home
Richard Thorpe
(1945)
Italiano
Nick Charles va in vacanza nella cittadina dei genitori, ma la morte violenta di un operaio ladro e disonesto lo obbliga a rimandare l'agognato riposo, tanto più che l'omicidio non è il primo. Dov'è il marcio? 5° film della serie "Thin Man". Thorpe sostituisce alla regia lo svelto Van Dyke, morto nel 1943 a 54 anni. La differenza di mano si fa sentire, anche se la responsabilità del calo è soprattutto degli sceneggiatori. Seguito da Il canto dell'uomo ombra.
Note
I film della serie sono: (1) L'uomo ombra (The thin man, 1934), (2) Dopo l'uomo ombra (After the Thin Man, 1936), (3) Si riparla dell'uomo ombra (Another Thin Man, 1939), (4) L'ombra dell'uomo ombra (Shadow of the Thin Man, 1941), diretti ancora da Van Dyke, (5) L'uomo ombra torna a casa (The Thin Man Goes Home, 1944) di Richard Thorpe, e (6) Il canto dell'uomo ombra (Song of the Thin Man, 1947) per la regia di Edward Buzzell. E' in lavorazione un remake del film diretto da Rob Marshall e il ruolo del protagonista sarà interpretato da Johnny Depp.
English
Nick and Nora's visit Nick's parents in Nick's hometown of Sycamore Springs. The residents are convinced that Nick is in town on an investigation, despite Nick's repeated denials. However, when aircraft factory employee Peter Berton seeks out Nick and is shot dead before he can reveal anything, Nick is on the case.
An old childhood friend, Dr. Bruce Clayworth, performs the autopsy and extracts a pistol bullet. Then, when Nick searches Berton's room for clues, he is knocked unconscious by Crazy Mary, a local eccentric.
Nora's innocent purchase of an old painting for Nick's birthday present turns out to be the key to the mystery. When she shows it to her husband, it brings back unpleasant memories for him, so she donates it to a charity bazaar. When Edgar Draque offers Nora a large sum for the painting, Nick wonders why it is so valuable. Nick learns that Draque's wife Helena bought the artwork, but she is knocked out and the painting goes missing. Nick discovers that Crazy Mary is Berton's mother and goes to see her, only to come across her lifeless body. Nick and Nora's dog Asta finds the painting in her shack.
Nick puts the pieces together and has the police bring all the suspects to his father's house. (Early on, it is revealed that Nick's father, Dr. Bertram Charles, has never been overly impressed with his son's unusual career choice, so this gives Nick an opportunity to change his father's mind.) Using Dr. Charles's fluoroscope, Nick shows that there is a blueprint hidden underneath the paint. Several people identify it as part of the specifications for a new aircraft propeller worth a great deal to a "foreign power". Berton had copied the blueprints and smuggled them out in five paintings. He had a change of heart and was going to confess all to Nick, but was killed before he could. Nick has a souvenir World War II Japanese sniper rifle belonging to Dr. Clayworth's brother brought in, and claims it was the murder weapon. Then, after proving that the Draques are members of the crime ring, Nick reveals the identity of the leader of the gang: Dr. Bruce Clayworth. Clayworth's first slip was the bullet he showed Nick. Nick knew a pistol did not have the power to propel a bullet as far into Berton's body as the real one had. Clayworth grabs the rifle and, after confessing (and also revealing a deep hatred for Nick for always being better than him in their youth), tries to shoot his nemesis, only to find that Nick had taken the precaution of having the firing pin removed. Nick's father is very impressed.
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. This entry into The Thin Man film series would be the first of the next two films not to be directed by W.S. Van Dyke whom directed the first four films of The Thin Man film series before succumbing to cancer in 1943.
L'Uomo Ombra Torna A Casa
The Thin Man Goes Home
Directed by Richard Thorpe,
Written by Robert Riskin, Dwight Taylor
Starring William Powell, Myrna Loy
Release dates January 25, 1945 (1945-01-25)
Running time 100 min.
Country United States
Language English
Produced by Everett Riskin
Original Music by
David Snell
Lennie Hayton (uncredited)
Bronislau Kaper (uncredited)
Cinematography by
Karl Freund
Joseph Ruttenberg (uncredited)
Film Editing by
Ralph E. Winters
Art Direction by
Edward C. Carfagno (as Edward Carfagno)
Cedric Gibbons
Set Decoration by
Edwin B. Willis
Cast
* William Powell as Nick Charles
* Myrna Loy as Nora Charles, Nick's wife
* Lucile Watson as Mrs. Charles, Nick's mother
* Gloria DeHaven as Laurabelle "Laura" Ronson
* Anne Revere as Crazy Mary
* Helen Vinson as Helena Draque
* Harry Davenport as Dr. Bertram Charles
* Leon Ames as Edgar Draque
* Donald Meek as Willie Crump
* Edward Brophy as Brogan; in the first film he played a character named Joe Morelli
* Lloyd Corrigan as Dr. Bruce Clayworth
* Anita Sharp-Bolster as Hilda (as Anita Bolster)
* Ralph Brooks as Peter Berton
* Donald MacBride as Police Chief MacGregor
* Morris Ankrum as Willoughby
* Nora Cecil as Miss Peavy
* Minor Watson as Sam Ronson
* Jane Isbell
* Asta as Asta
 
   
   
Tecnical Data
DVD5
Dimension: 4,36Gt
Languages: Eng - Ita
Subtitles: Ita-Eng-Fra-Ned-Ara
Region: 2 PAL
Running Time: 1H37min
Extra: Yes
Resolutio: 4:3 - 720x576
DVD DOLBI DIGITAL
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