Farewell, My Lovely
1975 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
This, the second adaptation of Raymond Chandler's novel, is much closer to the source text than the original - Murder, My Sweet (1944), which tended to avoid some of the sleazier parts of the plot - but still concerns private eye Philip Marlowe's attempts to locate Velma, a former dancer at a seedy nightclub and the girlfriend of Moose Malloy, a petty criminal just out of prison. Marlowe finds that once he has taken the case, events conspire to put him in dangerous situations, and he is forced to follow a confusing trail of untruths and double-crosses before he is able to locate Velma.
Direction Dick Richards
Cast Robert Mitchum · Charlotte Rampling · Sylvia Miles · John Ireland · Harry Dean Stanton · Jack O'Halloran · Anthony Zerbe · Sylvester Stallone · Joe Spinell · Kate Murtagh · John O'Leary · Walter McGinn
Soundtrack David Shire
Screenplay David Zelag Goodman · Raymond Chandler
Cinematography John A. Alonzo
Original title Farewell, My Lovely
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