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Farewell, My Lovely is a 1975 American neo-noir [3] crime thriller film directed by Dick Richards and featuring Robert Mitchum as private detective Philip Marlowe. The picture is based on Raymond Chandler's novel Farewell, My Lovely (1940), which had previously been adapted for film as Murder, My Sweet in 1944. [4]
Farewell, My Lovely: Directed by Dick Richards. With Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland, Sylvia Miles. Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by paroled convict Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend Velma, former seedy nightclub dancer.
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- Dick Richards
- 1975-08-08
May 5, 2020 · Farewell, My Lovely is a 1975 American neo-nolr crime thriller film directed by Dick Richards and featuring Robert Mitchum as private detective Phillip Marlowe. The picture is based on Raymond Chandler's novel Farewell, My Lovely (1940), which had previously been adapted for film as Murder, My Sweet in 1944.
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Farewell, My Lovely. Crime. 95 minutes ‧ 1975. Roger Ebert. January 1, 1975. 4 min read. Robert Mitchum is Philip Marlowe in "Farewell, My Lovely." Los Angeles, 1941. A run-down street of seedy shop fronts and blinking neon signs.
Private detective Philip Marlowe is investigating a dead-end missing person case when he sees a felon, Moose Malloy, barging into a club called Florian's, looking for his ex-girlfriend Velma Valento. The club has changed owners, so no one there now knows her.
Ex-con Moose (Jack O'Halloran) hires private eye Phillip Marlowe (Robert Mitchum) to find his long-lost girlfriend, Velma, a lounge singer. The lounge owner's wife says she's dead, but Marlowe ...
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After Marlowe wraps up a missing teenager investigation, hulking ex-convict Moose Malloy (Jack O'Halloran), who has just completed a seven year stretch for a bank heist, asks the detective to locate his girlfriend, Velma Valento.