Marlowe (1969)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Paul Bogart

Writers:

Raymond Chandler (novel)
Stirling Silliphant (writer)

Release Date:

31 October 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Mystery | Crime | Drama

Tagline:

Welcome to Marlowe Country!

Plot:

Quiet young Orfamay Quest from Kansas has hired private detective Philip Marlowe to find her brother...

Plot Keywords:

Private Detective | Murder | Striptease | Neo Noir | Stockings

Cast

James Garner	...	Philip Marlowe
Gayle Hunnicutt	...	Mavis Wald
Carroll O'Connor	...	Lt. Christy French
Rita Moreno	...	Dolores Gonzáles
Sharon Farrell	...	Orfamay Quest
William Daniels	...	Mr. Crowell
H.M. Wynant	...	Sonny Steelgrave
Jackie Coogan	...	Grant W. Hicks
Kenneth Tobey	...	Sgt. Fred Beifus
Bruce Lee	...	Winslow Wong
Christopher Cary	...	Chuck
George Tyne	...	Oliver Hady
Corinne Camacho	...	Julie
Paul Stevens	...	Dr. Vincent Lagardie
Roger Newman	...	Orrin Quest

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:18 (nf) | Germany:12 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:M (original rating) | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Bradbury Building - 304 S. Broadway, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Cherokee Productions

Trivia:

The last movie shown on TNT Classic Movies (U.K) on its last day of broadcasting for Europe. (15 October 1999)

Quotes:

Philip Marlowe: [after a goon has just ripped up his jacket] Does your mother know what you do for a living?

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Unbeatable Bruce Lee (2001) (V)

Soundtrack:

LITTLE SISTER

Smooth take on classic Chandler.

Interesting variation on 'The Little Sister' by Raymond Chandler with '40's film noir replaced by a colorful and stylish '60's motif. The film does a good job of keeping certain Chandler elements in the forefront...the violent thugs, the irritable cops, and the classy woman in distress are all here, as is Marlowe, portrayed as a prototype Jim Rockford. Garner does a good job in the lead; his performance is really truer to the Marlowe character than Bogart managed in 'The Big Sleep' (but then that wasn't the point of 'The Big Sleep', now was it?). Supporting characters are, in some places, excellent, while lacking a bit in others. Carrol O'Connor, Rita Moreno, Bruce Lee (whose role was far too brief), and Sharon Farrell are either convincing or fun, but the female lead and the villainous but sympathetic killer are rather flat.

All in all, a movie I wouldn't mind owning.