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
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film) orchestration, and insert several repeats to make the sequence longer. Herrmann can be seen conducting the London Symphony Orchestra with mezzo-soprano Barbara Howitt and chorus during the Royal Albert Hall scenes. The sequence in the Royal Albert Hall runs for 12 minutes without any dialogue from the beginning of "Storm Clouds Cantata" until the climax when Doris Day's character screams. Reviews for the film were generally positive, although some critics expressed a preference for the 1934 original. Bosley Crowther of "The New York Times" wrote, "James Stewart tops his job in 'Rear Window' as the man who knows too much,