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. A foundational film noir with a few clever tricks that make it stand out that includes a nice little psychedelic medicated dream-sequence. Marlowe also gets clubbed in the back of the head in every story. The CTE implications are unreal. Check out the film here: https://archive.org/details/murder-my-sweet-1944   Subscribe to us on YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuJf3lkRI-BLUTsLI_ehOsg Contact us here: MOVIEHUMPERS@gmail.com Hear us on podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6o6PSNJFGXJeENgqtPY4h7 Our OG podcast “Documenteers”: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/documenteers-the-documentary-podcast/id1321652249 Soundcloud feed: https://soundcloud.com/documenteers Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/culturewrought