Murder, My Sweet (1944)

Release date: 1945-02-22
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Production Co: RKO Radio Pictures
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Rating: 7.6/10
Length: 1h 35min

Storyline

This adaptation of the Raymond Chandler novel 'Farewell, My Lovely', renamed for the American market to prevent audiences mistaking it for a musical (for which Powell was already famous) has private eye Philip Marlowe hired by Moose Malloy, a petty crook just out of prison after a eight year stretch, to look for his former girlfriend, Velma, who has not been seen for the last six years. The case is tougher than Marlowe expected as his initially promising inquiries lead to a complex web of deceit involving bribery, perjury and theft, and where no one's motivation is obvious, least of all Marlowe's.