Murder, My Sweet

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  • Murder, My Sweet -- Raymond Chandler's hard-boiled detective, Philip Marlowe (Dick Powell), sets out to find a missing person but the trail leads to a widening mystery involving a stolen jade necklace, a blackmail ring and assorted mayhem. Directed by Edward Dmytryk, the crime story offers a lot of gritty atmosphere, tough characters (Claire Trevor, Mike Mazurki and Otto Kruger), imaginative plot twists and snappy period dialogue. Justice prevails over all the stylized violence. (A-II) (br) ( 1944 )




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    A-I -- general patronage;
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    Note: Some movies previously were designated A-IV. Older films with this classification should be regarded as classified L.

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