Container of (work) : Murder, my sweet (Motion picture) Container of (work) : Out of the past (Motion picture : 1947) Container of (work) : The set-up (Motion picture) Container of (work) : Gun crazy (Motion picture)
Notes:
Murder, my sweet: Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley, Otto Kruger. Out of the past: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming, Richard Webb, Steve Brodie, Virginia Huston. The set-up: Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias, Alan Baxter, Wallace Ford, Percy Helton, Hal Fieberling, Darryl Hickman, Kenny O'Morrison, James Edwards, David Clarke, Phillip Pine, Edwin Max. Gun crazy: Peggy Cummins, John Dall, Berry Kroeger, Morris Carnovsky, Anabel Shaw, Harry Lewis, Nedrick Young, Russ Tamblyn. Murder, my sweet based upon the novel by Raymond Chandler. Out of the past based on the novel "Build my gallows high" by Geoffrey Homes. The set-up based on the poem by Joseph Moncure March. Gun crazy based on the Saturday Evening Post short story by MacKinlay Kantor. Murder, my sweet originally released as a motion picture in 1945. Out of the past originally released as a motion picture in 1947. The set-up originally released as a motion picture in 1949. Gun crazy originally released as a motion picture in 1950. Murder, my sweet special features: Commentary by author/Film noir specialist Alain Silver; theatrical trailer. Out of the past special features: Commentary by author/film-noir specialist James Ursini. The set-up special features: Commentary by Robert Wise and Martin Scorsese. Gun crazy special features: commentary by author/film-noir specialist Glenn Erickson; documentary Film-noir: bringing darkness to light.
Contents:
Set-up -- Gun crazy -- Out of the past -- Murder, my sweet.
Summary:
Murder, my sweet: 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. Out of the past: A one-time private investigator walks the straight and narrow of small-town life until an acquaintance from his past pulls him back into the troubles he'd left behind. The set-up: An over-the-hill boxer thinks he can still win a bout, despite doubts from his wife and his manager. He goes into his next fight determined to beat his opponent, not realizing his manager has taken money for a 'dive' from a tough gambler. Heightening the tension, the film takes place over the course of 72 minutes, its approximate running time. Gun crazy: When gun fancier Bart Tare sees Annie Laurie Starr's sideshow sharpshooting act, he's a dead-bang goner. He and she go together, as Bart ultimately says, 'like guns and ammunition.' The two become bank robbers on the run, eluding roadblocks and roaring into movie history as one of the benchmark film-noir works.
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