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Murder, My Sweet (1944)

Murder, My Sweet poster
Directed by
Edward Dmytryk
Genre
drama film, film noir, mystery film, crime thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 261 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A private detective takes a case to find a missing woman and gets tangled in a web of crime and deception. He gets beaten up, meets dangerous people, and tries to survive in the criminal underworld.

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What happens

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). The film is based on Raymond Chandler's 1940 novel Farewell, My Lovely. It was the first film to feature Chandler's primary character, the hard-boiled private detective Philip Marlowe. Murder, My Sweet is, along with Double Indemnity (released five months prior), one of the first noir films, and a key influence in the development of the genre. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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