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The Thin Man Goes Home (1945) Facts
| Director(s) | Richard Thorpe |
| Producer(s) | Everett Riskin |
| Featured Cast | William Powell, Myrna Loy, Lucile Watson, Gloria DeHaven, Anne Revere |
| Total Facts | 7 |
Norman Taurog directed the additional scenes filmed in August and September, 1944, because Richard Thorpe had begun work on his next film Thrill of a Romance.
Liberal drinking of alcohol, a mainstay of the first four "Thin Man" movies, was curtailed for this movie due to wartime liquor rationing.
The Charles' dog, Asta, was replaced for this movie. The original dog outgrew the part.
The fifth of six "Thin Man" movies starring William Powell and Myrna Loy, filmed May 8-July 14 1944.
The twelfth of fourteen films pairing William Powell and Myrna Loy.
This movie was to begin production in 1942, but Myrna Loy refused the part. Instead, she went to New York to marry car rental heir John Hertz, Jr., and worked for the Red Cross war-relief effort. The movie almost began shooting with Irene Dunne as Nora Charles.
When Nick is resting in the hammock in his parent's front yard, he is reading a "Nick Carter, Detective" comic book.