Murder, My Sweet is an interesting film noir as it presents new elements that we haven’t seen in the movies we have watched so far. It starts off withPhilip Marlowe who is accused of murder and we go into a flashback to see how he got into this situation. All the classic material is present: bright lights of the noir city, the quick witted, money-grubbing, playful-at-times protagonist, the beautiful yet manipulative femme fatale, grungy workplace, shadows : all the things we have come used to seeing in the movies we’ve been watching.

1944 was a big year for film noir. Early film noirs  Double Indeminity and Murder, My Sweet were all released near the end of ’44 and all were box office hits.