BackgroundMurder, My Sweet(1944) was to be released with the original itle of its literary source, writer Raymond Chandler""s 1940 novelFarewell, My Lovely, although it was changed so that fans of 30s song-and-dance star Dick Powell, portraying the main character, wouldn""t think the film was a musical comedy.In a menacing scene with moments of comic caricature, Grandi tries to intimidate her, but the strong-willed newlywed isn""t easily scared.When all of the dump trucks had reached the dam and outer exit, Gruber ordered the aqueduct flooded ("We blow the dam, we drown him"), although Mathias was angered with Gruber for toying with McClane too long: "You jeopardized the mission and the contract.The palace in the hills north of Darjeeling was originally built by the General""s deceased father General Ranjit Rai to house his harem of concubines, and its only current occupant was a slightly-odd caretaker named Angu Ayah, who lived there with "the ghosts of bygone days":I understand the General has offered you the old palace at Mopu to make a school and a dispensary for the natives." And he also ominously suggests that hey close themselves off from the outside world by postponing plans for parties until later: "Later, yes, but not just at once.