Farewell, My Lovely
"I need another drink... I need a lot of life insurance... I need a vacation.... and all I've got is a coat, a hat, and a gun!"
Overview
Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled with seductress Helen Grayle and discovers a web of dark secrets that are better left hidden.
For being a movie that stars a big-time Hollywood actor and crew, this movie is…. not good. First, Mitchum is brutal. Really, really bad. The scripted narration doesn’t do him any favors, and he delivers it poorly (it doesn’t help that he sounds like Rodney Dangerfield). But the bad performances don’t stop there – I don’t think anyone was any good (including the always-fantastic Charlottte Rampling). A few scenes with Harry Dean Stanton offered a little bit of a break from the terrible acting. This movie is so bad that it almost feels like a parody of crime thrillers.
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Movie title: Farewell, My Lovely
Movie description: Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled with seductress Helen Grayle and discovers a web of dark secrets that are better left hidden.
Date published: 2023-07-24
Director(s): Dick Richards
Actor(s): Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland, Sylvia Miles, Anthony Zerbe, Harry Dean Stanton, Jack O'Halloran, Joe Spinell, Sylvester Stallone, Kate Murtagh, John O'Leary, Walter McGinn, Burton Gilliam, Jim Thompson, Jimmy Archer, Ted Gehring, Logan Ramsey, Margie Hall, Jack Bernardi, Bennett Ohta, Jerry Fujikawa, Richard Kennedy, John O'Neil, Mark Allen, Andrew Harris, Napoleon Whiting, John Eames, Cheryl Smith, Stu Gilliam, Roosevelt Pratt, Dino Washington, Harry Caesar, Bill Gentry, Cory B. Shiozaki, Noelle North, Wally K. Berns, Lola Mason, Joan Shawlee, Eddra Gale, Karen Gaston, Don Ames, Jack Berle, Elliott Carpenter, Dick Crockett, Olivia Enke, Raven Grey Eagle, Lars Hensen, Kathryn Janssen, Michael Jeffers, Su Ling, Clark Ross, George Simmons, Susan Stewart
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
My Review
For being a movie that stars a big-time Hollywood actor and crew, this movie is…. not good. First, Mitchum is brutal. Really, really bad. The scripted narration doesn’t do him any favors, and he delivers it poorly (it doesn’t help that he sounds like Rodney Dangerfield). But the bad performances don’t stop there – I don’t think anyone was any good (including the always-fantastic Charlottte Rampling). A few scenes with Harry Dean Stanton offered a little bit of a break from the terrible acting. This movie is so bad that it almost feels like a parody of crime thrillers.
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