Murder, My Sweet (1944) Movie poster and book cover compared.

Murder, My Sweet

Edward Dmytryk, 1944

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Farewell, My Lovely
Raymond Chandler, 1940

Murder, My Sweet is a movie directed by Edward Dmytryk in 1944 and based on the book Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler, first published in 1940. The movie features Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley, Otto Kruger, Mike Mazurki, Miles Mander, and others.

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“The movie is neither better nor worse than the book”

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RATING

7.5

/ 10

Movie Poster: Murder, My Sweet (Edward Dmytryk, 1944)

8.2

/ 10

Book Cover: Farewell, My Lovely (Raymond Chandler, 1940)

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AUDIOBOOK

Audiobook cover of Farewell, My Lovely, the 1940 book by Raymond Chandler.

Farewell, My Lovely

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Storyline

Marlowe accepts a task to find Velma, Moose Malloy’s girlfriend. Velma hasn’t been seen in six years, and Malloy, a minor offender, was just released from prison after serving a seven-year sentence. A seemingly straightforward case of a missing individual, however, turns out to be much more complicated than Marlowe could have ever imagined as initially encouraging clues lead to a convoluted web of fraud, bribery, perjury, and theft in which no one’s purpose is obvious, least of all Marlowe’s.

Movie vs Book

Poster of Murder, My Sweet, the 1944 movie by Edward Dmytryk

Year

1944

Minutes

95

Movie Rate

7.50

Source: IMDb

Movie

Murder, My Sweet

Country: USA

Year: 1944

Length: 1h35m

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Cover of Farewell, My Lovely, the 1940 book by Raymond Chandler

Year

1940

Pages

304

Book Rate

8.26

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Book

Farewell, My Lovely

Country: USA

First published in: 1940

Length: 304 pages

Genre: Fiction

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Other screen adaptations of the book

Movie poster
The Falcon Takes Over (1942)
Movie by Irving Reis
Movie poster
Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
Movie by Dick Richards

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Cover of Farewell, My Lovely, the 1940 book by Raymond Chandler

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