“Farewell, My Lovely” is a film noir crime drama about Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe being hired by an ex-con to find his long-lost girl friend. Marlowe gets into all kinds of scrapes as a result. Director Dick Richards stays true to the intent of the original 1940 Raymond Chandler novel of the same name by instilling the movie with production values that create the atmospherics necessary for a successful 1940’s style of noir.
He hired Robert Mitchum to play Marlowe, an outstanding choice as Mitchum even talks and walks like anyone can imagine Philip Marlowe would. Co-stars include Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland, Sylvia Miles, Anthony Zerbe, Harry Dean Stanton, Jack O’Halloran, Joe Spinell, and Sylvester Stallone in a small part as a taxi driver. This is one of Stallone’s first movie roles.
The very watchable and high-quality drama “Farewell, My Lovely” was not successful at the box office for producer Jerry Bruckheimer, ITC Entertainment, and Avco Embassy Pictures. This 1940 Chandler novel had originally been made into a feature motion picture called “Murder, My Sweet” (1944) starring Dick Powell and Claire Trevor. “Farewell, My Lovely” earned one Academy Award nomination which was Best Supporting Actress for Sylvia Miles.
Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
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My Review
“Farewell, My Lovely” is a film noir crime drama about Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe being hired by an ex-con to find his long-lost girl friend. Marlowe gets into all kinds of scrapes as a result. Director Dick Richards stays true to the intent of the original 1940 Raymond Chandler novel of the same name by instilling the movie with production values that create the atmospherics necessary for a successful 1940’s style of noir.
He hired Robert Mitchum to play Marlowe, an outstanding choice as Mitchum even talks and walks like anyone can imagine Philip Marlowe would. Co-stars include Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland, Sylvia Miles, Anthony Zerbe, Harry Dean Stanton, Jack O’Halloran, Joe Spinell, and Sylvester Stallone in a small part as a taxi driver. This is one of Stallone’s first movie roles.
The very watchable and high-quality drama “Farewell, My Lovely” was not successful at the box office for producer Jerry Bruckheimer, ITC Entertainment, and Avco Embassy Pictures. This 1940 Chandler novel had originally been made into a feature motion picture called “Murder, My Sweet” (1944) starring Dick Powell and Claire Trevor. “Farewell, My Lovely” earned one Academy Award nomination which was Best Supporting Actress for Sylvia Miles.