Farewell, My Lovely (1975 film)

Infobox Film
name = Farewell, My Lovely


size =
caption = Theatrical poster
director = Dick Richards
producer = Jerry Bruckheimer George Pappas
writer = Story: Raymond Chandler Screenplay: David Zelag Goodman
starring = Robert Mitchum Charlotte Rampling John Ireland Sylvia Miles Anthony Zerbe
music = David Shire
cinematography = John A. Alonzo
editing = Joel Cox Walter Thompson
distributor = AVCO Embassy Pictures
released = August 8 1975
runtime = 95 minutes
country = United States
language = English
budget =
amg_id = 1:16806
imdb_id = 0072973|

"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. [imdb title|id=0072973|title=Farewell, My Lovely.] Some believed this was perfect casting but too late; Mitchum was 58, far older than the 38-year-old that Chandler envisioned for Marlowe.

Plot

Set in Los Angeles in 1941, against a seamy backdrop of police corruption, cheap hotel rooms, illegal gambling and jewel trafficking, private detective Philip Marlowe (Robert Mitchum) is holed up in a hotel room and growing more weary by the hour. As he explains to his police lieutenant friend Nulty (John Ireland): "I've got a hat, a coat and a gun, that's it."

Marlowe has been asked by a huge and surly ex-convict, Moose Malloy (Jack O'Halloran), to find his old girlfriend Velma, a dancer and part-time prostitute. At the same time, Marlowe is investigating the murder of a man who was a victim of blackmail and a stolen necklace made of jade.

While encountering connections to both cases, Marlowe also develops an attraction to the married but seductive Helen Grayle (Charlotte Rampling). As the body count mounts, Marlowe survives numerous attempts on his life which include being drugged and held captive by a psychotic madam. The action comes to a head with a shootout on a gambling boat off the L.A. coast.

Trivia

Sylvester Stallone has a very brief cameo as a thug who works for Amthor, the depraved brothel owner.

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
* Jim Thompson as Judge Baxter Wilson Grayle

Adaptations

:""The picture was filmed twice before. First time was in 1942, as "The Falcon Takes Over," directed by Irving Reis and featuring George Sanders. [imdb title|id=0034716|title=The Falcon Takes Over.] In 1944 the film was remade as "Murder, My Sweet", featuring Dick Powell as Marlowe and directed by Edward Dmytryk. [imdb title|id=0037101|title=Murder, My Sweet.]

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