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Farewell My Lovely / Murder, My Sweet


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  Farewell My Lovely / Murder, My Sweet Review
Tookey's Rating
9 /10
 
Average Rating
8.38 /10
 
Starring
Dick Powell , Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley
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Directed by: Edward Dmytryk
Written by: John Paxton from Raymond Chandler's novel

 
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Released: 1944
   
Genre: CRIME
THRILLER
   
Origin: US
   
Length: 95
 
 


 

Private eye (Dick Powell) tries to find missing girl-friend (Claire Trevor) of ex-convict Moose Malloy (Mike Mazurki).

Reviewed by Chris Tookey


A marvellous example of film noir: the most visually stylish of all the films of Raymond Chandler's novels and very faithful to the original text. Dick Powell (better known as a light tenor in Busby Berkeley musicals) makes a surprisingly effective Philip Marlowe, and the supporting cast is flawless. Remade in 1975 as Farewell, My Lovely.

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