Directed by:
Edward DmytrykScreenplay:
John PaxtonCinematography:
Harry J. WildComposer:
Roy WebbCast:
Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley, Otto Kruger, Mike Mazurki, Miles Mander, Douglas Walton, Ernie Adams, Donald Kerr, Fred Graham, Dewey Robinson (more)Plots(1)
They say crime doesn't pay. Private detective Philip Marlowe knows better. The fat wad of folding money warming his breast pocket is the kind of thing that keeps him going through thick and thicker as he wades chin deep into a mystery involving a missing necklace and a missing hoodlum's moll named Velma. Sharply directed by Edward Dmytryk, Murder, My Sweet is film at its most noir, creating a moody sense of a world that never plays on the level. Cast against type, Dick Powell puts sunny crooner roles behind him, dishing hardboiled patter and wearing five-going-on-six-o'clock stubble so well that source author Raymond Chandler called Powell his favourite screen Marlowe. "I'm just a small businessman in a very messy business," the PI observes. With wit and trendsetting style to burn, it's never business as usual. (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)
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Considering that I watched this film right after Double Indemnity, I have to say it really does come in a distant second. The actors didn't quite click with me, nor did the overall concept of the film, which seemed darker in Double Indemnity, although that darkness gradually developed. Or maybe that's why. It’s good, but there are simply better noir films.
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