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.
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Robert Mitchum
Philip Marlowe
Charlotte Rampling
Mrs. Grayle
John Ireland
Nulty
Sylvia Miles
Mrs. Florian
Anthony Zerbe
Brunette
Harry Dean Stanton
Billy Rolfe
Jack O'Halloran
Moose Malloy
Joe Spinell
Nick
Sylvester Stallone
Jonnie
Kate Murtagh
Amthor
Director
Dick Richards
Screenplay
David Zelag Goodman
Tagline
""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!""
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$2,500,000
Revenue
$2,000,000
Production
E.K., ITC Entertainment
Steve
May 18, 2017
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 ...
CinemaSerf
January 24, 2025
Robert Mitchum quite wittily narrates as well as acts in this rather dry adaptation of Raymond Chandler's novel. He's the curmudgeonly PI eking out a living off the back of familial discord and martial peccadilloes. After saving him from an hail of bullets, "Marlowe" is engaged by the monosyllabic "Moose" (Jack O'Halloran) to help him track down his missing gal "Velma". The thing is, once his inve...
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