Description: Murder, My Sweet (DVD)(1944) Cast Dick Powell / Claire Trevor / Anne Shirley Director Edward Dmytryk Synopsis Dick Powell will forever be known as a 1930s crooner in archetypal musical comedies, but this career-changing role shows Powell at his best and remains perhaps the most faithful cinematic representation of Raymond Chandler's hard-boiled hero, Philip Marlowe, ever put on screen. In this adaptation of Farewell, My Lovely, Powell's cynical, smart-talking private eye is hired by a dim ex-con (pug-nosed Mike Mazurki) to find his girl Velma, and by the prissy stooge of a blackmail victim to babysit him during a handoff. The meeting ends with the stooge's death, and Marlowe is immediately engaged by the owner of some jewels, the wily Mrs. Grayle (Claire Trevor), to recover them. As Marlowe navigates the dark, dangerous world of wartime L.A., splitting his search between high-society haunts and the cheap, smoky bars and flophouses of the inner city, he turns up one too many stones, winds up on the wrong end of a fist, and wakes up to a drug-induced nightmare that director Edward Dmytryk delivers with a mixture of surreal symbolism and sinister expressionism. Powell delivers screenwriter John Paxton's snappy lines and droll asides with hard-boiled cynicism, like someone not quite as tough as he talks; but it's Powell's innate vulnerability that makes this reluctant saint of the city so compelling. Dmytryk's shadowy style creates a visual equivalent to the web of intrigue Marlowe navigates, an almost perpetual world of night. One of the first great films noir and an often-overlooked detective-movie classic. Audio English Subtitles English / Chinese / French Duration - mins System Format NTSC Region Code All / 0 Sound Effect Dolby Digital AC-3 5.1 Screen Format 4:3 Other Features B&W Video Format DVD No. of Disc 1 Condition 100% Brand New !!! Factory Sealed, Official DVD from China Payment & Shipping Info Payment Method Paypal only. Shipping Method Regular air mail service by Hong Kong Post Handling Time Generally takes 1 to 2 business days Transit Time Generally takes 7 to 14 business days (From Hong Kong to Worldwide) Buy More & Save More! Buy More & Save More! Buy More & Save More! Happy Shopping! Shipping Discount for ordering multiple items. Please contact us for more details. Region Code Region Code Area / Continent / Country Region 1 USA / Canada / U.S. Territories / Bermuda Region 2 Central Europe / Western Europe / Japan / South Africa / the Middle East / Egypt / Greenland Region 3 South East Asia / Hong Kong / Macau / S. Korea / Taiwan Region 4 Australia / New Zealand / Central America / Mexico / South America / the Caribbean Region 5 Eastern Europe / Russia / the former Soviet Union / the Indian subcontinent / Africa / Mongolia Region 6 China Region All / 0 May play in all kind of DVD players worldwide.
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Director: Edward Dmytryk
Format: DVD
Features: Black & White
Actor: Dick Powell
Movie/TV Title: Murder My Sweet
Region Code: DVD: 0/All (Region Free/Worldwide)
Genre: Drama
