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Farewell, My Lovely (1975 film)
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| Farewell, My Lovely | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| IMDb profile | |
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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The detective Philip Marlowe investigates the disappearance of the woman and the murder of a man who was a victim of blackmail.
The plot deepens as Marlowe discovers many threads to the case and learns something of himself in the process.
- 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
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]
- ^ 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.