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After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Dick Powell | ... | Philip Marlowe | |
| Claire Trevor | ... | Helen Grayle / Velma Valento | |
| Anne Shirley | ... | Ann Grayle | |
| Otto Kruger | ... | Jules Amthor | |
| Mike Mazurki | ... | Joe 'Moose' Malloy | |
| Miles Mander | ... | Leuwen Grayle | |
| Douglas Walton | ... | Lindsay Marriott | |
| Donald Douglas | ... | Police Lieutenant Randall (as Don Douglas) | |
| Ralf Harolde | ... | Dr. Sonderborg | |
| Esther Howard | ... | Jessie Florian | |
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This adaptation of the Raymond Chandler novel 'Farewell, My Lovely', renamed for the American market to prevent audiences mistaking it for a musical (for which Powell was already famous) has private eye Philip Marlowe hired by Moose Malloy, a petty crook just out of prison after a eight year stretch, to look for his former girlfriend, Velma, who has not been seen for the last six years. The case is tougher than Marlowe expected as his initially promising inquiries lead to a complex web of deceit involving bribery, perjury and theft, and where no one's motivation is obvious, least of all Marlowe's. Written by Mark Thompson <mrt@oasis.icl.co.uk>
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22 February 1945 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Edit
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$400,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Philip Marlowe: Philip, for short.
Helen Grayle: Philip. Philip Marlowe... named for a duke. You're just a nice mug. I've got a name for a duchess: Mrs. Leuwen Lockridge Grayle. Just a couple of mugs - we could have got along.
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Lindsay Marriott's driver's license was issued 7/10/1942. According to the license, Marriott was born 5/5/1912. This would make him 30 at the time the license was issued, not 32 as is stated on the license. See more »Quotes
Helen Grayle: [after Mr. Grayle takes Marlowe's gun] You know, this'll be the first time I've ever killed anyone I knew so little and liked so well. What's your first name?Philip Marlowe: Philip, for short.
Helen Grayle: Philip. Philip Marlowe... named for a duke. You're just a nice mug. I've got a name for a duchess: Mrs. Leuwen Lockridge Grayle. Just a couple of mugs - we could have got along.
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Chandler once said that Powell was his favourite - not, naturally, his ideal - screen Marlowe. Though "Bogart is always excellent as Bogart", he wasn't Marlowe.
Claire Trevor is the classic proof of how personality is more important than looks, even in sexy parts. Short, powerfully built, coarse-featured, she comes across here as overpoweringly glamorous and alluring.