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Farewell, My Lovely

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Ex-con Moose (Jack O'Halloran) hires private eye Phillip Marlowe (Robert Mitchum) to find his long-lost girlfriend, Velma, a lounge singer. The lounge owner's wife says she's dead, but Marlowe remains skeptical. Meanwhile, Marlowe also goes on a routine ransom exchange for a necklace and gets knocked out and framed for murder. He eventually finds the necklace's owner, blonde bombshell Helen Grayle (Charlotte Rampling) but, more importantly, evidence that the two cases are connected.
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Philip French Guardian Oct 8
Character takes precedence over suspense in this elegiac movie. Go to Full Review Clyde Gilmour Toronto Star Oct 8
There is much to enjoy in the production, on the whole I would say the revisions have weakened rather than strengthened the original. Go to Full Review David Robinson The Times (UK) 03/08/2022
With such concern for period authenticity, it is surprising that the writers had not more confidence in Chandler's own story... For this kind of pastiche you need the conviction to go all the way. Go to Full Review Emerson Batdorff Cleveland Plain Dealer Oct 8
It's a fine evening for Chandler buffs, Mitchum enthusiasts and probably people in general. Go to Full Review Ted Mahar Oregonian Oct 8
It's a good adventure. Go to Full Review Noel Taylor Ottawa Citizen Oct 8
It all adds up to a calculated recollection and a modestly exciting entertainment, enough to offer a tantalizing taste of Chandler but not the full-bodied flavor. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Stephen C @bob25009 Jun 27 Success in 1 hour and 37 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more David A 08/20/2024 Extremely entertaining film from 1975...Greatest year for movies ever. See more 08/09/2023 based on the novel by Raymond Chandler and is actually the 2nd time it’s been adapted comes a story about a private eye who's feeling a bit weary now these days set in the 1940's Robert Mitchum is detective Phillip Marlowe who makes his living finding lost people; recently he gets hired by an ex-con to track down his gf, Velma who used to be a lounge singer during this Marlowe unwillingly gets framed for murder and he collides with a woman named Helen Charlotte Rampling is Helen Grayle who's the owner of a valuable necklace but it's possible at this point maybe the murders that have been happening and this missing woman are somehow tied together but how? Marlowe then gets caught up from one bad scenario to another slowly putting the pieces together this is a good ol' fashioned mystery story with nice plot turns with a classic noir feel to it and given it's set in the past helps elevate it there's cool small parts here played by the late Harry Dean-Stanton and a young Sylvester Stallone but it really is Mitchum who has class and charisma on the screen as Marlowe, he takes a beating just to get closer to the truth of the matter and lets nothing phase him, he always knows how to put on a smile but never lose sight of the situation he finds himself in this one has aged considerably well plus it sticks closer to the original source material See more 09/10/2022 From what I remember of the book the film follows it pretty closely which is good but for me Robert Mitchum is no Marlowe. Dirk Bogarde plays the character much better. The one-liners just don't work when Mitchum says them. I also think Marlowe needs to be filmed in noir and this doesn't have any. Disappointing. See more 09/17/2021 Good throwback noir. See more 08/07/2021 It sucks..... Nothing like the original Murder My Sweet with Dick Powell. See more Read all reviews
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R.M. Richards

Director

Robert Mitchum

Philip Marlowe

Charlotte Rampling

Helen Grayle

Sylvia Miles

Jessie Halstead Florian

John Ireland

Det. Lt. Nulty

Jack O'Halloran

Moose Malloy

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Synopsis Ex-con Moose (Jack O'Halloran) hires private eye Phillip Marlowe (Robert Mitchum) to find his long-lost girlfriend, Velma, a lounge singer. The lounge owner's wife says she's dead, but Marlowe remains skeptical. Meanwhile, Marlowe also goes on a routine ransom exchange for a necklace and gets knocked out and framed for murder. He eventually finds the necklace's owner, blonde bombshell Helen Grayle (Charlotte Rampling) but, more importantly, evidence that the two cases are connected.
Director
R.M. Richards
Producer
George Pappas, Jerry Bruckheimer
Screenwriter
Raymond Chandler, David Zelag Goodman
Distributor
AVCO Embassy Pictures
Production Co
Arco Embassy
Rating
R
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 8, 1975, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 1, 2018
Runtime
1h 37m
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