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Murder, My Sweet

  • 1944
  • Approved
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
14K
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Dick Powell and Claire Trevor in Murder, My Sweet (1944)
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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.After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.

  • Director
    • Edward Dmytryk
  • Writers
    • John Paxton
    • Raymond Chandler
  • Stars
    • Dick Powell
    • Claire Trevor
    • Anne Shirley
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    14K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Edward Dmytryk
    • Writers
      • John Paxton
      • Raymond Chandler
    • Stars
      • Dick Powell
      • Claire Trevor
      • Anne Shirley
    • 141User reviews
    • 70Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win

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    Dick Powell and Anne Shirley in Murder, My Sweet (1944)
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    Dick Powell and Claire Trevor in Murder, My Sweet (1944)
    Dick Powell and Claire Trevor in Murder, My Sweet (1944)
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    Dick Powell and Claire Trevor in Murder, My Sweet (1944)
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    Dick Powell
    Dick Powell
    • Philip Marlowe
    Claire Trevor
    Claire Trevor
    • Helen Grayle
    Anne Shirley
    Anne Shirley
    • Ann Grayle
    Otto Kruger
    Otto Kruger
    • Jules Amthor
    Mike Mazurki
    Mike Mazurki
    • Joe 'Moose' Malloy
    Miles Mander
    Miles Mander
    • Leuwen Grayle
    Douglas Walton
    Douglas Walton
    • Lindsay Marriott
    Donald Douglas
    Donald Douglas
    • Police Lt. Randall
    • (as Don Douglas)
    Ralf Harolde
    Ralf Harolde
    • Dr. Sonderborg
    Esther Howard
    Esther Howard
    • Jessie Florian
    Ernie Adams
    Ernie Adams
    • Bartender at 'Florian's'
    • (uncredited)
    Bernice Ahi
    Bernice Ahi
    • Dancer at the 'Cocoanut Beach Club'
    • (uncredited)
    George Anderson
    • Detective
    • (uncredited)
    Edward Biby
    Edward Biby
    • Club Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Carr
    • Dr. Sonderborg's Assistant
    • (uncredited)
    Tom Coleman
    • Police Clerk
    • (uncredited)
    Ralph Dunn
    Ralph Dunn
    • Detective
    • (uncredited)
    Sam Finn
    • Headwaiter
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Edward Dmytryk
    • Writers
      • John Paxton
      • Raymond Chandler
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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.
    • Goofs
      When Powell leaves the car to look for the person for the payoff, he draws his gun from his left pocket, then replaces it in his left pocket. After he is sapped and woken up, he draws it from his right pocket.
    • 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.

    • Alternate versions
      Exists in color-computerized version.
    • Connections
      Edited into American Cinema: Film Noir (1995)

    User reviews141

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    One of the most entertaining Detective thrillers ever made.
    'Murder, My Sweet' is based on Raymond Chandler's classic detective novel 'Farewell, My Lovely'. The book was later filmed in the 1970s under its original title starring Robert Mitchum. The Mitchum version is actually more faithful, but for some reason nowhere near as entertaining. 'Murder, My Sweet' tones down some of the racial and sexual aspects of the original story (which are included in the 1970s remake), and I'm might be mistaken (it's been a while since I read it), but the Anne Shirley character appears to have been created as a potential love interest for Dick Powell. She seems to have been inspired by a similar character in 'Double Indemnity' (written by James M. Cain and filmed the same year with the help of Chandler). Dick Powell was originally a crooner and casting him as Philip Marlowe was a very strange choice at the time, but it certainly works. Personally I would have preferred to see Robert Mitchum playing Marlowe in this version, but by the 1970s he was too old for the part, and comparing the two versions Powell definitely wins. Claire Trevor is also excellent as one of the definitive noir femme fatales, and her scenes with Powell are compelling. The drug sequence is also very memorable. 'Murder, My Sweet' is one of the most entertaining detective thrillers ever made, and along with 'Double Indemnity' and 'Out Of The Past' one of the very best crime movies of the 1940s.
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    • Release date
      • February 22, 1945 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Farewell, My Lovely
    • Filming locations
      • Sunset Tower Hotel - 8358 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, California, USA(apartment of Jules Amthor)
    • Production company
      • RKO Radio Pictures
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    • Budget
      • $400,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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