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Murder, My Sweet

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Murder, My Sweet	comment	Murder, My Sweet is a 1944 Edward Dmytryk-directed Film Noir. It was adapted from the 1940 Philip Marlowe novel, Farewell, My Lovely.Moose Malloy has just gotten out of jail, and hires detective Philip Marlowe (Dick Powell) to track the love interest he lost touch with while serving time. Marlowe is also hired by a beautiful woman named Helen Grayle (Claire Trevor) to find a stolen jade necklace. It becomes more obvious that their stories are connected as the film continues.The film was also a successful case of Playing Against Type for Powell, who had been known for musical comedies until this film (the film was even renamed to avoid confusion with being a musical). It allowed him to get more dramatic roles after this. He reprised the role a decade later in a television adaptation of The Long Goodbye. 31 years after this film, Chandler's novel was adapted again, as Farewell, My Lovely with Robert Mitchum.
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Murder, My Sweet / int_24067bb9	type	Related in the Adaptation
Murder, My Sweet / int_24067bb9	comment	Related in the Adaptation: In the book, Ann Grayle was originally the daughter of an honest cop, but changing her to the step-daughter of Trevor's seductress helped to show the differences between the two types of women.
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Murder, My Sweet / int_345a4c75	type	Interrogation Flashback
Murder, My Sweet / int_345a4c75	comment	Interrogation Flashback: The film is told by Philip Marlowe in flashback, as Marlowe, who has bandages over his eyes, is being interrogated by the cops. The flashbacks tell the whole story, including why Marlowe is wearing the bandages.
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Murder, My Sweet / int_392372f9	type	Actor Allusion
Murder, My Sweet / int_392372f9	comment	Actor Allusion: For no other reason other than general cheerfulness, Marlowe dances a little jig when he's invited in to meet Mr. and Mrs. Grayle. This may or may not be a nod to Powell's past as a song-and-dance man.
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Murder, My Sweet / int_405f6f52	type	Recycled Soundtrack
Murder, My Sweet / int_405f6f52	comment	Recycled Soundtrack: Composer Roy Webb recycled his main theme from Stranger on the Third Floor.
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Murder, My Sweet / int_44f5d199	type	Pretty in Mink
Murder, My Sweet / int_44f5d199	comment	Pretty in Mink: Ann wears a mink coat at the end.
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Murder, My Sweet / int_51dc66f6	type	Hardboiled Detective
Murder, My Sweet / int_51dc66f6	comment	Hardboiled Detective: one of the classic examples.
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Murder, My Sweet / int_596f675a	type	Smoking Is Cool
Murder, My Sweet / int_596f675a	comment	Smoking Is Cool
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Murder, My Sweet / int_5c219298	type	Phony Psychic
Murder, My Sweet / int_5c219298	comment	Phony Psychic: Jules Amthor admits that he is this, scamming gullible society ladies.
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Murder, My Sweet / int_65acf9db	type	He Knows Too Much
Murder, My Sweet / int_65acf9db	comment	He Knows Too Much: Helen decides this about Marlowe at the end.
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Murder, My Sweet / int_75e2bf23	type	Chiaroscuro
Murder, My Sweet / int_75e2bf23	comment	Chiaroscuro: The Grayle beach house where Marlowe meets Helen (and where the climax takes place) is lit this way.
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Murder, My Sweet / int_767f84ea	type	Does Not Like Men
Murder, My Sweet / int_767f84ea	comment	Does Not Like Men: Anne.
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Murder, My Sweet / int_80251be3	type	How We Got Here
Murder, My Sweet / int_80251be3	comment	How We Got Here: The opening scene has Marlowe, who is blindfolded, being grilled by the police. He then tells the whole story in flashback.
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Murder, My Sweet / int_895ec17	type	Only in It for the Money
Murder, My Sweet / int_895ec17	comment	Only in It for the Money: Philip only does his job for the money.
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Murder, My Sweet / int_90b66e22	type	Femme Fatale
Murder, My Sweet / int_90b66e22	comment	Femme Fatale: Helen Grayle/Velma Valento, who seems to favor murder as the solution to all her problems.
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Murder, My Sweet / int_921cdca8	type	Nothing Personal
Murder, My Sweet / int_921cdca8	comment	Nothing Personal: "It ain't personal if we don't like you, we've got a personal routine to follow after a killing."
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Murder, My Sweet / int_94e4c8ab	type	Betty and Veronica
Murder, My Sweet / int_94e4c8ab	comment	Betty and Veronica: The classic dilemma between sexy, evil Helen and Mr. Grayle's innocent but also sexy daughter Anne (Anne Shirley, in her last role before retiring from acting at age 26).
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Murder, My Sweet / int_aaf19fae	type	Doesn't Like Guns
Murder, My Sweet / int_aaf19fae	comment	Doesn't Like Guns: "That's just part of my clothes. I hardly ever shoot anybody with it."
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Murder, My Sweet / int_ac0827be	type	Private Eye Monologue
Murder, My Sweet / int_ac0827be	comment	Private Eye Monologue
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Murder, My Sweet / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
Murder, My Sweet / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Powell does a great job (arguably even better than Bogart) in capturing how snarky Marlowe is.
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Murder, My Sweet / int_b034d333	type	Film Noir
Murder, My Sweet / int_b034d333	comment	Film Noir
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Murder, My Sweet / int_bc3b029b	type	Impairment Shot
Murder, My Sweet / int_bc3b029b	comment	Impairment Shot: Several elaborate ones as Marlowe is hit over the head, drugged, and otherwise roughly treated over the course of the movie. When he's knocked out he says "a black pool opened up under me", and a black outline covers up the screen in an irregular iris. When he's dazed and drugged up in the bad guy lair, a smoky filter is superimposed on the screen.
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Murder, My Sweet / int_bf1255fa	type	Really Gets Around
Murder, My Sweet / int_bf1255fa	comment	Really Gets Around: Helen.
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Murder, My Sweet / int_bf1c906	type	Trophy Wife
Murder, My Sweet / int_bf1c906	comment	Trophy Wife: Sexy Helen Grayle, married to a much older man. Mr. Grayle later admits that he likes to pretend she would have married him even if he weren't rich.
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Murder, My Sweet / int_c15ca569	type	GoingByTheMatchBook
Murder, My Sweet / int_c15ca569	comment	Going By The Match Book
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Murder, My Sweet / int_d68762ef	type	Weapon for Intimidation
Murder, My Sweet / int_d68762ef	comment	Weapon for Intimidation: Philip Marlowe carries a revolver but states that he rarely needs it.
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Murder, My Sweet / int_f10d3363	type	Distracted by the Sexy
Murder, My Sweet / int_f10d3363	comment	Distracted by the Sexy: Marlowe is too busy staring at Helen's legs to pay attention to Mr. Grayle.
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Murder, My Sweet / int_fdb3b2b5	type	Lady Drunk
Murder, My Sweet / int_fdb3b2b5	comment	Lady Drunk: The widow Florian, whose husband owned the club that Velma sang at, is this, severely intoxicated when Marlowe questions her. Except that he peers through the window after leaving her house, sees her on the phone, and realizes it was all an act.
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