Murder, My Sweet (1944)
We’re getting noir month rolling real strong with this hard-boiled theme we’re calling THE LEFT HAND ENDEAVOR and every Monday in March we’re discussing a different adaptation centered around Raymond Chandler’s archetypical P.I., Philip Marlowe. This movie happens to be the first feature to depict the character on the big screen. Bogie may edge out in swag but Dick Powell’s rendition delivers nicely in Edward Dmytryk’s 1944 classic “MURDER, MY SWEET” an adaptation of Chandler’s “Farewell, My Lovely”. Powell is the big lead with co-stars Anne Shirley, Claire Trevor, Mike Mazurki & Otto Kruger…
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