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Murder, My Sweet ()

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After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.
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Philip Marlowe
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Helen Grayle
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Ann Grayle
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Jules Amthor
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Joe 'Moose' Malloy
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Leuwen Grayle
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Lindsay Marriott
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Police Lt. Randall (as Don Douglas)
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Dr. Sonderborg
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Jessie Florian
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Bartender at 'Florian's' (uncredited)
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Dancer at the 'Cocoanut Beach Club' (uncredited)
George Anderson ...
Detective (uncredited)
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Club Patron (uncredited)
Jack Carr ...
Dr. Sonderborg's Assistant (uncredited)
Tom Coleman ...
Police Clerk (uncredited)
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Detective (uncredited)
Sam Finn ...
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Rudy Germane ...
Club Patron (uncredited)
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Bill Hamilton ...
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Paul Hilton ...
Boy Getting Laundry (uncredited)
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Amthor's Chauffeur (uncredited)
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Girl in Bar (uncredited)
Donald Kerr ...
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
King Lockwood ...
Club Patron (uncredited)
Paul Phillips ...
Detective Nulty (uncredited)
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New Boss at 'Florian's' (uncredited)
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Elevator Operator (uncredited)
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Grayle's Butler (uncredited)

Directed by

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Edward Dmytryk

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John Paxton ... (screenplay)
 
Raymond Chandler ... (novel)

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Sid Rogell ... executive producer
Adrian Scott ... producer

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Roy Webb

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Harry J. Wild ... director of photography

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José M. Noriega ... (as Joseph Noriega)

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Douglas Travers ... montage

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Carroll Clark
Albert S. D'Agostino

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Michael Ohrenbach ... (set decorations)
Darrell Silvera ... (set decorations)

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Edward Stevenson ... (gowns)

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Mel Berns ... makeup artist (uncredited)

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William Dorfman ... assistant director

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Bailey Fesler ... recorded by
James G. Stewart ... rerecording

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Vernon L. Walker ... special effects

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Fred Graham ... stunts (uncredited)
John Indrisano ... stunts (uncredited)

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Landon Arnett ... assistant camera (uncredited)

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

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C. Bakaleinikoff ... musical director

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Leslie Urbach ... dialogue director
Denise Bosc ... french voice dubbing: Anne Shirley (uncredited)
Emilio Cigoli ... italian voice dubbing: Mike Mazurki (uncredited)
Jimmy Evans ... stand-in (uncredited)
Hugh Lucky ... stand-in (uncredited)
René Marc ... french voice dubbing: Dick Powell (uncredited)
Giulio Panicali ... italian voice dubbing: Dick Powell (uncredited)
Les Raymaster ... stand-in (uncredited)
Lita Recio ... french voice dubbing: Claire Trevor (uncredited)
Wanda Rickerts ... stand-in (uncredited)
Leslie Saville ... stand-in (uncredited)
Carol Sawyer ... stand-in (uncredited)
Jordan Shelley ... stand-in (uncredited)
Tim Wallace ... stand-in (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

This adaptation of the Raymond Chandler novel 'Farewell, My Lovely', renamed for the U.S. market to prevent audiences mistaking it for a musical (for which Powell was already famous) has private eye Philip Marlowe "hired" (almost at the point of forcible servitude) by the menacing, thuggish Joe "Moose" Malloy, a crook just out of prison after a eight year stretch, who suffers from a serious case of tunnel vision, to wit, he is obsessed with finding his former girlfriend, Velma, whom he hasn't seen in years. The case is tougher than Marlowe expected as his initially promising inquiries lead to a complex web of deceit involving bribery, perjury and theft, and where no one's motivation is clear. Written by Mark Thompson (updated by R.M. Sieger)

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Also Known As
  • Farewell, My Lovely (United States)
  • El enigma del collar (United States, Spanish title)
  • Farewell my Lovely (India, English title)
  • Farewell, My Lovely (United Kingdom)
  • Adieu ma jolie (France)
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  • 95 min
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Budget $400,000 (estimated)

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Trivia For the scene in which Marlowe is drugged, Edward Dmytryk showed Dick Powell falling through a sea of faces. He borrowed a trick from Saboteur (1942) by having the camera pull back from the actor to make it seem like he was falling. He also had the camera accelerate as it pulled back, to intensify the horror. See more »
Goofs In the opening montage the men sitting around the interrogation table are not wearing hats. The camera zooms in on a reflection of the lamp on the glass table top, but when it pulls back, all three other than Marlow are wearing hats. Actually, there are only three men's heads shown - Marlowe on the left without a hat and two others who do have hats and a fourth man, but only his hands can be seen. When the camera pulls back, Marlowe is now at the front instead of at the left. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Film Noir (1995). See more »
Quotes Philip Marlowe: She was a charming middle-aged lady with a face like a bucket of mud. I gave her a drink. She was a gal who'd take a drink, if she had to knock you down to get the bottle.
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