Farewell, My Lovely (1975 film)
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| Directed by | Dick Richards |
| Produced by | Jerry Bruckheimer George Pappas |
| Written by | Story: Raymond Chandler Screenplay: David Zelag Goodman |
| Starring | Robert Mitchum Charlotte Rampling John Ireland Sylvia Miles Anthony Zerbe |
| Music by | David Shire |
| Cinematography | John A. Alonzo |
| Editing by | Joel Cox Walter Thompson |
| Distributed by | AVCO Embassy Pictures |
| Release date(s) | August 8, 1975 |
| Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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Farewell, My Lovely (1975) is a neo-noir film directed by Dick Richards and featuring Robert Mitchum and Charlotte Rampling. The picture is based on the novel Farewell, My Lovely (1940) by Raymond Chandler.[1]
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[edit] Plot
Set in Los Angeles in 1941, against the seamy backdrop of police corruption, cheap hotel rooms, illegal gambling and jade trafficking, private detective Philip Marlowe (Robert Mitchum) is asked by a surly ex-convict, Moose Malloy,(Jack O'Halloran) to investigate the disappearance of his old girlfriend Velma, a dancer and part-time prostitute. Marlowe is also investigating the murder of a man who was a victim of blackmail.
The plot deepens as Marlowe discovers many connections to both cases; more people who are involved wind up dead and after surviving numerous attempts on his life which included being drugged by a psychotic madam, he discovers something about himself in the end. The actor, Sylvester Stallone has a small part in the film as a thug.
[edit] Cast
- Robert Mitchum as Philip Marlowe
- Charlotte Rampling as Helen Grayle
- John Ireland as Detective Lt. Nulty
- Sylvia Miles as Jessie Halstead Florian
- Anthony Zerbe as Laird Brunette
- Harry Dean Stanton as Detective Billy Rolfe
- Jack O'Halloran as Moose Malloy
- Joe Spinell as Nick, Brunette's thug
- Sylvester Stallone as Jonnie
- Kate Murtagh as Frances Amthor
- John O'Leary as Lindsay Marriott
- Walter McGinn as Tommy Ray
[edit] Adaptations
The picture was filmed twice before, in 1942, as The Falcon Takes Over, directed by Irving Reis and featuring George Sanders. [2] In 1944 the film was remade as Murder, My Sweet, featuring Dick Powell as Marlow and directed by Edward Dmytryk.[3]
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[edit] Notes
- ^ Farewell, My Lovely at the Internet Movie Database.
- ^ The Falcon Takes Over at the Internet Movie Database.
- ^ Murder, My Sweet at the Internet Movie Database.
[edit] External links
- Farewell, My Lovely at the Internet Movie Database
- Farewell, My Lovely at Allmovie
- Farewell, My Lovely at the TCM Movie Database
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