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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 (in her final film before retirement).
Murder, My Sweet: Directed by Edward Dmytryk. With Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley, Otto Kruger. 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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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Edward Dmytryk
- 1945-02-22
Gumshoe Philip Marlowe (Dick Powell) is hired by the oafish Moose Malloy (Mike Mazurki) to track down his former girlfriend. He's also hired to accompany an effeminate playboy buy back some...
- (17)
- Dick Powell
- Edward Dmytryk
- RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
May 6, 2020 · Watch the first adaptation of Raymond Chandler's novel Farewell, My Lovely, starring Dick Powell as Philip Marlowe, the hard-boiled private detective. Learn more about the film's history, genre, and reviews from Internet Archive.
- 95 min
Detective Philip Marlowe's search for a two-timing woman leads him to blackmail and murder.
Murder, My Sweet, American film noir, released in 1944, that was notable as the screen debut of author Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled, world-weary detective Philip Marlowe. It was based on Chandler’s 1940 novel Farewell, My Lovely.
In police custody and facing a possible murder charge, private investigator Philip Marlowe tells them his story. He was hired by Moose Malloy, who's been in prison for a number years, to find his girl Velma Valento.
