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Murder, My Sweet

  • 19441944
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
13K
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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.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
13K
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  • Director
    • Edward Dmytryk
  • Writers
    • John Paxton(screenplay)
    • Raymond Chandler(novel)
  • Stars
    • Dick Powell
    • Claire Trevor
    • Anne Shirley
Top credits
  • Director
    • Edward Dmytryk
  • Writers
    • John Paxton(screenplay)
    • Raymond Chandler(novel)
  • Stars
    • Dick Powell
    • Claire Trevor
    • Anne Shirley
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 133User reviews
    • 68Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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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)
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    Dick Powell and Claire Trevor in Murder, My Sweet (1944)
    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
    Dick Powell
    • Philip Marloweas Philip Marlowe
    Claire Trevor
    Claire Trevor
    • Helen Grayleas Helen Grayle
    Anne Shirley
    Anne Shirley
    • Ann Grayleas Ann Grayle
    Otto Kruger
    Otto Kruger
    • Jules Amthoras Jules Amthor
    Mike Mazurki
    Mike Mazurki
    • Joe 'Moose' Malloyas Joe 'Moose' Malloy
    Miles Mander
    Miles Mander
    • Leuwen Grayleas Leuwen Grayle
    Douglas Walton
    Douglas Walton
    • Lindsay Marriottas Lindsay Marriott
    Donald Douglas
    Donald Douglas
    • Police Lt. Randallas Police Lt. Randall
    • (as Don Douglas)
    Ralf Harolde
    Ralf Harolde
    • Dr. Sonderborgas Dr. Sonderborg
    Esther Howard
    Esther Howard
    • Jessie Florianas Jessie Florian
    Ernie Adams
    Ernie Adams
    • Bartender at 'Florian's'as Bartender at 'Florian's'
    • (uncredited)
    Bernice Ahi
    Bernice Ahi
    • Dancer at the 'Cocoanut Beach Club'as Dancer at the 'Cocoanut Beach Club'
    • (uncredited)
    George Anderson
    • Detectiveas Detective
    • (uncredited)
    Edward Biby
    Edward Biby
    • Club Patronas Club Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Carr
    • Dr. Sonderborg's Assistantas Dr. Sonderborg's Assistant
    • (uncredited)
    Tom Coleman
    • Police Clerkas Police Clerk
    • (uncredited)
    Ralph Dunn
    Ralph Dunn
    • Detectiveas Detective
    • (uncredited)
    Sam Finn
    • Headwaiteras Headwaiter
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Edward Dmytryk
    • Writers
      • John Paxton(screenplay)
      • Raymond Chandler(novel)
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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 reviews133

    Review
    Top review
    "I Don't Know Which Side Anybody's On!"
    Private dick Phil Marlowe is hired by a "paltry, foppish man" to accompany him on a midnight assignation. What follows is a glorious piece of Chandleriana, a ganglion of a plot involving a jade necklace, a jailbird who carries a torch for a showgirl, a "big-league blonde" with a rich old husband and an eye for private eyes, and more narrative twists and turns than a Restoration comedy on acid.

    Will Moose be reunited with Velma? Who's the brunette in the gulch? What is Anthor's precise relationship with Marriott? How many more times can Marlowe get slugged from behind without having his skull disintegrate?

    Golden tenor Dick Powell may not be the obvious choice to play Marlowe, but in fact he turns in THE definitive performance. Chandler once defined the ideal hero in one of his essays as a special man, but at the same time a man of the people. Not amazingly bright, subject to bouts of confusion and wrong-headed wilfulness, but for all that a tough, decent, dry-humoured guy who just happens to be as sexy as hell. Powell delivers.

    Watch out for a remarkable dream sequence after Marlowe is forcibly injected with heroin (yes, heroin). Expressionist cinema was never as evocative as here!

    All in all, the film is an example of a genre captured at its apex - "like lighting a stick of dynamite, and telling it not to go off"!
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    • Dec 30, 2001

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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
    • 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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