YMMV / Murder, My Sweet

• Broken Base: Dick Powell's performance as Philip Marlowe is much debated by fans of Raymond Chandler and film noir; some think it too light and comic; while others consider it the best interpretation of Marlowe on film. Chandler himself – who at first had objected to casting Powell – said he was very fond of it, but after seeing Marlowe played by Humphrey Bogart in The Big Sleep, changed his allegiance to Bogart.
• Questionable Casting: Raymond Chandler, director Edward Dmytryk and producer Adrian Scott were initially opposed to Dick Powell's casting as Philip Marlowe. Dmytryk later wrote:
  The idea of the man who had sung 'Tiptoe Through the Tulips' playing a tough private eye was beyond our imaginations.

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