Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Average Rating: 7.7/10
Reviews Counted: 14
Fresh: 13 | Rotten: 1
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Release Date: Dec 9, 1944 Wide
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One-time movie crooner Dick Powell literally turned his career around in the 1944 film noir Murder My Sweet. Powell stars as Phillip Marlowe, the hard-boiled private detective antihero created by novelist Raymond Chandler. Hired by hulking, psychotic Moose Malloy (Mike Mazurki) to locate Moose's old girl friend, Marlowe is pitched headlong into a morass of intrigue and deception. The participants include duplicitous glamour-girl Claire Trevor, sodden slattern Esther Howard, suave blackmailer
Dec 9, 1944 Wide
Jul 6, 2004
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Cast
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Dick Powell
Philip Marlowe -
Claire Trevor
Mrs. Grayle -
Anne Shirley
Ann Grayle -
Otto Kruger
Amthor -
Mike Mazurki
Moose Malloy -
Miles Mander
Mr. Grayle -
Douglas Walton
Marriott -
Donald Douglas
Lt. Randall -
Ralf Harolde
Dr. Sonderborg -
Esther Howard
Mrs. Florian -
Ernie S. Adams
Bartender -
George Anderson
Detective -
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Jack Carr
Short Guy -
Ralph Dunn
Detective -
Paul Hilton
Boy -
John Indrisano
Chauffeur -
Donald Kerr
Taxi Driver -
Paul Phillips
Detective Nulty -
Dewey Robinson
The Boss -
Shimen Ruskin
Elevator Operator -
Lawrence Wheat
Butler -
Sam Finn
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All Critics (21) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (13) | Rotten (1) | DVD (11)
From its strongly accented camera angles and darkness-drenched nighttime action to the hardboiled narration of a cynical Los Angeles gumshoe outfitted in trenchcoat and fedora, Murder, My Sweet is pure Detective Noir 101.
Offers a delirious blend of violence, drug-induced hallucinations, and sexuality.
Powell is glib and great in one of the best hard boilers ever.
Any way you look at it, 1944 was a great year for fans of Raymond Chandler and film noir.
What really fills out the film is Dmytryk's jazzy application of Orson Welles's RKO set-design.
Possibly the best attempt at bring Raymond Chandler to the screen.
Audience Reviews for Murder, My Sweet
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- Philip Marlowe: She was a charming middle-aged lady with a face like a bucket of mud.
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Dick Powell is not quite a revelation but he's certainly no slouch either as Marlowe.