Farewell, My Lovely (1975)

08/08/1975Crime, Mystery, Thriller1h 35m
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"I need another drink... I need a lot of life insurance... I need a vacation.... and all I've got is a coat, a hat, and a gun!"

Overview

Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled with seductress Helen Grayle and discovers a web of dark secrets that are better left hidden.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Robert Mitchum

    Philip Marlowe

  2. Cast 1

    Charlotte Rampling

    Mrs. Grayle

  3. Cast 1

    John Ireland

    Nulty

  4. Cast 1

    Sylvia Miles

    Mrs. Florian

  5. Cast 1

    Anthony Zerbe

    Brunette

  6. Cast 1

    Harry Dean Stanton

    Billy Rolfe

  7. Cast 1

    Jack O'Halloran

    Moose Malloy

  8. Cast 1

    Joe Spinell

    Nick

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    Sylvester Stallone

    Jonnie

www.noiroftheweek.com A few weeks ago, we talked about The Long Goodbye. Brilliant -- at least in my opinion. But purists sure disagreed. "We are fedora." film noir fans said. Well here's a neon-drenched, booze smelling, modern noir that treats Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe exactly as you would have imagined him from reading the books: Hard to argue with that clip. It's just the first few seconds of the film. I'm happy to say the film holds up to the strong open. Of course it's not as brilliant as Chinatown (released a little more than a year before this one) which dealt with...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$2,500,000.00

Revenue $2,000,000.00

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