Rotten
Watching this movie has approximately the same effect as being locked overnight in a secondhand clothing store in Pasadena. There is an awful lot of dust and, after a while, the dummies look as if they are moving.
Jay Cocks, TIME Magazine
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!"
1975 · 1h 35m · R
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Dick Richards
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Farewell, My Lovely
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.
Director and cast
- Dick Richards Director
- Robert Mitchum as Philip Marlowe
- Charlotte Rampling as Mrs. Grayle
- John Ireland as Nulty
- Sylvia Miles as Mrs. Florian
- Anthony Zerbe as Brunette
- Harry Dean Stanton as Billy Rolfe
- Jack O'Halloran as Moose Malloy
- Joe Spinell as Nick
- Sylvester Stallone as Jonnie
- Kate Murtagh as Amthor
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
76%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Despite an impressive production and some firstrate performances, this third version fails to generate much suspense or excitement.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
It's as if someone had put pillow springs, power-steering and a tape deck into a classic racing-car. It is still handsome and it still goes, but it is a handsome mediocrity.
Richard Eder, New York Times
Fresh
"Farewell, My Lovely" is a great entertainment and a celebration of Robert Mitchum's absolute originality.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
The film's triumph is Mitchum's definitive Marlowe, which captures perfectly the character's down-at-heel integrity and erratic emotional involvement with his cases.
Time Out
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