FAREWELL, MY LOVELY (1975)

MORGAN'S RATING

This, the third adaptation of Raymond Chandler's novel is much closer to the source text. Private eye Philip Marlowe 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.

Robert Mitchum (Philip Marlowe), Charlotte Rampling (Helen Grayle/Velma), Sylvia Miles (Mrs. Florian), Anthony Zerbe (Brunette), Harry Dean Stanton (Billy Rolfe), Jack O'Halloran (Moose Malloy), Joe Spinell (Nick), Sylvester Stallone (Kelly/ Jonnie), Kate Murtagh (Amthor), John O'Leary (Marriott), Walter McGinn (Tommy Ray), Burton Gilliam (Cowboy), Jim Thompson (Mr. Grayle), Jimmy Archer (Georgie), Ted Gehring (Roy), Logan Ramsey (Commissioner), Margie Hall (Woman), Jack Bernardi (Louis Levine).

FACTS

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

- The film was nominated for one Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

DIRECTOR: Dick Richards.

WRITER: David Zelag Goodman.

Based on the novel by Raymond Chandler.

CRITICAL COMMENT

PRODUCERS: Jerry Bick, Jerry Bruckheimer, Elliott Kastner and George Pappas.

"Third film version of Raymond Chandler's novel tries too hard to evoke its period, but Mitchum is appealing as a tired Philip Marlowe." -- Leonard Maltin

ORIGINAL MUSIC: David Shire.

DISTRIBUTOR: AVCO Embassy Pictures.

QUOTES

Moose Malloy: She's cute, cuter than lace pants.

Philip Marlowe: You've been beaten up, slapped, shot full of hop until you were as crazy as two waltzing mice, now let's see you do something really tough, like getting up.

Philip Marlowe: She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.

Helen Grayle: To hell with polite drinking.