Murder, My Sweet
| Murder, My Sweet (Farewell, My Lovely) |
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| Directed by | Edward Dmytryk |
| Produced by | Adrian Scott |
| Screenplay by | John Paxton |
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Farewell, My Lovely (1940 novel) by Raymond Chandler |
| Starring | Dick Powell Claire Trevor Anne Shirley |
| Narrated by | Dick Powell |
| Music by | Roy Webb |
| Cinematography | Harry J. Wild |
| Edited by | Joseph Noriega |
| Distributed by | RKO Pictures |
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95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Murder, My Sweet (released as Farewell, My Lovely in the United Kingdom) is a 1944 American film noir, directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, and Anne Shirley. The film is based on Raymond Chandler's 1940 novel Farewell, My Lovely. A second film adaptation of the novel was made in 1975 and released under Chandler's title.
Murder, My Sweet turned out to be Anne Shirley's final film. She retired from acting in 1944 at age 26.
Temporarily blinded with his eyes bandaged, private detective Philip Marlowe (Dick Powell) is being interrogated by police lieutenant Randall (Don Douglas) about two murders.
He tells how he was hired by menacing Moose Malloy (Mike Mazurki) to locate Velma Valento, a former girlfriend, whom Moose lost track of while serving eight years in prison. They go to the night club where Velma last worked as a singer but the owner died years before and no one remembers her. Marlowe tracks down alcoholic widow Jessie Florian (Esther Howard) who claims not to know what's become of Velma. However Marlowe finds a photo of Velma she hid from him, and she then says Velma is dead. Later, from a safe distance, Marlowe observes a clearly disturbed Jessie make a phone call.
The next morning the suave Lindsay Marriott (Douglas Walton) turns up at Marlowe's office, offering $100 if Marlowe will act as his bodyguard when he goes to a secluded canyon at midnight as a go-between to pay a ransom for some stolen jewels. In the canyon, Marlowe is knocked unconscious. Marlowe comes to when, in a delirious state, he sees a young woman shine a flashlight on his face and run away. The money is gone and Marriott has been viciously killed. When Marlowe reports the murder, the police make the mistake of asking him if he knows a Jules Amthor and warn him not to interfere in the case.
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