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Synopsis: This adaptation of the Raymond Chandler novel 'Farewell, My Lovely', renamed for the American market to prevent filmgoers mistaking it for a musical (for which Powell was already famous) has private eye Philip Marlowe hired by Moose Malloy, a petty crook just out of prison after a seven year stretch, to look for his former girlfriend, Velma, who has not been seen for the last six years. The case is tougher than Marlowe expected as his initially promising enquiries lead to a complex web of deceit involving bribery, perjury and theft, and where no one's motivation is obvious, least of all Marlowe's.
Director(s): Edward Dmytryk
Production: Warner Home Video
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
93%
APPROVED
Year:
1944
95 min
739 Views


You give going-away presents here?

That's yours.

She gave it to you, didn't she?

She was going to,

but I didn't finish the job.

Anyway, I tried it on.

It's wrong for my complexion.

What am I supposed to do with it?

Give it to your girlfriend.

Give it back to China.

Strangle yourself with it! I don't care.

What do you know about that redhead,

pitching for me.

- How'd she take it about the old man?

- I wouldn't know.

Cute figure, huh?

- I didn't notice.

- You must be low on vitamins.

- She had more than a figure, too.

- Watch your step.

Not a beautiful face, but a good face.

A face like a Sunday school picnic.

- You know what kind of a face that is?

- I wouldn't know.

It's too bad I had to push her around.

I wonder how she figured me.

Not much, probably.

Maybe she thought

I liked that blonde chewing on my face.

Probably thought there was more.

I'd like to tell her.

No, there wouldn't be

much percentage in that, would there?

I wouldn't know. Hey, cab.

Watch your head.

- 1800 South Kingsley.

- Right.

She made swell coffee, anyway.

Nulty.

I haven't kissed anybody in a long time.

Would it be all right if I kissed you, Nulty?

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John Paxton

John Paxton (May 21, 1911, Kansas City, Missouri - January 5, 1985, Santa Monica, California) was an American screenwriter. He was married to Sarah Jane, who worked in public relations for 20th Century Fox.Some of his films include Murder, My Sweet in 1944, Cornered in 1945, Crossfire in 1947 (an adaptation of the controversial novel The Brick Foxhole that earned him his only Oscar nomination). He helped adapt the screenplay for the controversial movie The Wild One in 1953 starring Marlon Brando. Paxton's work twice received the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay, for Murder, My Sweet and Crossfire. more…

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