Farewell, My Lovely

""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!""

Aug 8 1975 R 1h 35m
Crime, Mystery, Thriller

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.

Plot

Murder. Marlowe. Mitchum. No one is a saint in the City of Angels. The immortal Robert Mitchum stars as Raymond Chandler's legendary detective Philip Marlowe in the neo-noir mystery Farewell, My Lovely. The hard-boiled Marlowe's latest cases (one, a search for an ex-convict''s lost love, and the other, the murder of a client) take on an even more sinister turn when they begin to connect, leading the private eye deeper and deeper into the seamy underbelly of 1940s Los Angeles. As the stakes are raised and the body count swells, it looks like Marlowe might be next on the list to take the big sleep. Also featuring Charlotte Rampling, Sylvia Miles, Harry Dean Stanton, and Sylvester Stallone in an early role, Farewell, My Lovely is an unflinching take on Chandler's pulpy novel and a mystery film as powerful and complex as its leading man.

Written by

David Zelag Goodman, Raymond Chandler

Directed by

Dick Richards

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

ITC, E.K.

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 3 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
10,162
Average Rating
7 out of 10
Metascore
70
Popularity
NA