Song of the Thin Man confesses to both killings and pulls out a gun. An enraged Phyllis shoots him first, but her husband is only wounded. Then, despite Nick's pleas, she fires again and again, finishing the job. This "Thin Man" movie differs in several respects from the others in the series, and was one of two films in the series not directed by W. S. Van Dyke, who died in 1943. The script was one of three not written by the husband and wife team of Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich, who had worked with Dashiell Hammett to develop the Nick and Nora characters
Shadow of the Thin Man welcomed, coming two years after the previous outing and hitting theaters just two weeks before the attack on Pearl Harbor. It would be three years before Loy would make another film ("The Thin Man Goes Home" in 1945) as she left Hollywood for New York, where she volunteered with the Red Cross. The film was fourth of six based on the characters of Nick and Nora: Shadow of the Thin Man Shadow of the Thin Man is the fourth of the six "The Thin Man" films. It was released in 1941 and was directed by W. S. Van Dyke. It