Murder, My Sweet (1944)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.7/10   

Director:

Edward Dmytryk

Escritores:

John Paxton (screenplay)
Raymond Chandler (novel)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

9 diciembre 1944 (USA)

Género:

Crimen | Drama | Cine Negro | Romance | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

An Original Philip Marlowe Mystery

Plot:

This adaptation of the Raymond Chandler novel 'Farewell, My Lovely', renamed for the American market...

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Private Eye | Cynicism | Unconsciousness | Doctor

Premios:

1 win

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Brilliant Filming of Raymond Chandler

Reparto

Dick Powell	...	Philip Marlowe
Claire Trevor	...	Mrs.Helen Grayle
Anne Shirley	...	Ann Grayle
Otto Kruger	...	Jules Amthor
Mike Mazurki	...	Moose Malloy
Miles Mander	...	Mr. Grayle
Douglas Walton	...	Lindsay Marriott
Donald Douglas	...	Police Lieutenant Randall (as Don Douglas)
Ralf Harolde	...	Dr. Sonderborg
Esther Howard	...	Jessie Florian

También conocida como:

Farewell My Lovely (UK)
El enigma del collar (Mexico) (cable TV title) [es]
Historia de un detective (Spain) [es]

Duración:

95 min | Germany:90 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Clasificación:

USA:Approved (PCA #10158) | USA:TV-PG (TV rating) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Sweden:15 | UK:PG

Locaciones de Filmación:

Argyle Hotel - 8358 Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood, California, USA

Compañía:

RKO Radio Pictures

Trivialidades:

Dick Powell's portrayal of Philip Marlowe earned the approval of Raymond Chandler himself.

Errores:

Continuidad: Lindsay Marriott's driver's license was issued 7/10/1942. According to the license, Marriott was born 5/5/1912. This would make him 30 at the time the license was issued, not 32 as is stated on the license.

Citas:

Ann Grayle: You know, I think you're nuts. You go barging around without a very clear idea of what you're doing. Everybody bats you down, smacks you over the head, fills you full of stuff... and you keep right on hitting between tackle and end. I don't think you even know which SIDE you're on.
Philip Marlowe: I don't know which side anybody's on. I don't even know who's playing today.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Exhumed (2003) (V)

Brilliant Filming of Raymond Chandler

One of the early film noir masterpieces! As a major fan of Chandler novels, some of the lousy filmings (e.g. Marlowe, The Long Goodbye)are of a more recent vintage. But they had hit the jackpot with this one.

I do not see how those reviewing this film could fail to appreciate it - they are reviewing a film through a post-2000 prism. Set in 1944, censorship was the rule, even the novel had to be careful. Edward Dymtryk, his cast and crew, with a low budget (which helped create the necessary mood!) have done a sensational job transferring the book to the screen.

And gambling on crooner Dick Powell is akin today to putting Sean Penn in a musical --- to me he met the challenge brilliantly (although I still hear Robert Mitchum when I read Chandler). Wonderful supporting roles, as with the 1941 daddy of them all, The Maltese Falcon. Best of all, Claire Trevor, her voice, her manner, her style. Bravo lady!

Easily 10 of 10.