Underplayed Gems

Farewell, My Lovely (1975)

Farewell, My Lovely poster
Directed by
Dick Richards
Genre
crime film, neo-noir, thriller film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
1h 37m
Rated
R
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 185 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A private detective in 1940s Los Angeles takes on a missing persons case that drags him into a web of crime and corruption. The story follows his investigation through the city's seedy underbelly.

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What happens

Farewell, My Lovely is a 1975 neo-noir mystery 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. The cast also features Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland, Sylvia Miles, Harry Dean Stanton, Joe Spinell, Sylvester Stallone, Jack O'Halloran in his film debut, and hardcore crime novelist Jim Thompson in his only acting role. The film was produced by ITC Entertainment and released in the United States by AVCO Embassy Pictures on August 8, 1975. It received generally positive reviews from critics, and was commercially successful. Sylvia Miles was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance at the 48th Academy Awards. Mitchum returned to the role of Marlowe three years later in the 1978 film The Big Sleep, making him the only actor to portray the character more than once in a feature film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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