Murder, My Sweet (1944) "GOLD_UPSELL"

Murder, My Sweet (1944) "GOLD_UPSELL"They say crime doesn't pay. Private detective Philip Marlowe knows better. The fat wad of folding money warming his breast pocket is the kind of thing that keeps him going through thick and thicker as he wades chin deep into a mystery involving a missing necklace and a missing hoodlum's moll named Velma. Sharply directed by Edward Dmytryk, Murder, My Sweet is film at its most noir, creating a moody sense of a world that never plays on the level. Cast

refuses to tell tacky Sophie Tucker stories

Peter Lorre adds to the magic

Also stars Barry Nelson

The emotions run deep

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But when Jessica joins her close friend Ginna Abbott (Eve Arden) on a skiing trip and meets Major Scott Landis (George Brent)

giving a live-wire portrayal as a trusted mob lieutenant who secretly romances the boss' wife

Arresting performances from an all-star cast led by Ray Liotta

Then he meets Babbie (Katharine Hepburn)

and away from more primitive groups like The Clan of the Cave Bear