Noir Alley: Eddie Muller on Murder, My Sweet (1944)

Murder, My Sweet - (Original Trailer)

Dick Powell plays detective Phillip Marlowe in Murder, My Sweet (1944) based on the Raymond Chandler novel Farewell, My Lovely.

Murder, My Sweet (1944) -- (Movie Clip) A Black Pool Opened Up

Flinty P-I Marlowe (Dick Powell) expresses distaste as he agrees to help foppish Marriott (Douglas Walton) execute a trade, in Edward Dmytryk's Murder,My Sweet, 1944, from a Raymond Chandler novel.

Murder, My Sweet (1944) -- (Movie Clip) The Smoke Didn't Move

Fake psychic and jewel thief Amthor (Otto Kruger) tricking thug Moose (Mike Mazurki) into throttling P-I Marlowe (Dick Powell), whom he earlier hired to find his girlfriend, who then enters his second semi-conscious episode, in Murder, My Sweet, 1944, directed by Edward Dmytryk, from a Raymond Chandler novel.

Murder, My Sweet (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Are You Familiar With Jade?

Raymond Chandler's famous P-I Marlowe (Dick Powell) narrating, as Anne (Anne Shirley) introduces him to her father Grayle (Miles Mander) and his wife Helen (Claire Trevor) for a talk about stolen jade, in Murder, My Sweet, directed by Edward Dmytryk.

Murder, My Sweet (1944) -- (Movie Clip) You Do Your Own Typing?

Anne Shirley (as "Ann Grayle"), posing as a reporter, not fooling P-I Marlowe (Dick Powell), who's determined to find out who killed his client, in Murder, My Sweet, 1944, from Raymond Chandler's Farewell, My Lovely.

Murder, My Sweet (1944) -- (Movie Clip) You're A Private Eye

Temporarily blinded P-I Philip Marlowe (Dick Powell) begins the flashback, with director Edward Dmytryk's famous introduction of Moose Malone (Mike Mazurki), early in Murder, My Sweet, 1944, from Raymond Chandler's Farewell, My Lovely.