Movies / The Long Goodbye (1973)
Runtime: 112 min
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Languages: English
Countries: USA
It's OK with me.... Applying his deconstructive eye to the film noir tradition, Robert Altman updated Raymond Chandler in his 1973 version of Chandler's novel, The Long Goodbye. Smart-aleck, cat-loving private eye Philip Marlowe (Elliott Gould) is certain that his friend Terry Lennox (Jim Bouton) isn't a wife-killer, even after the cops throw Marlowe in jail for not cooperating with their investigation into Lennox's subsequent disappearance. Once he gets out of jail, Marlowe starts to conduct his own search when he discovers that mysterious blonde Eileen Wade (Nina Van Pallandt), who hired him to find her alcoholic novelist husband Roger (Sterling Hayden), lives on the same Malibu street as the absent Lennox and his deceased spouse. As numerous variations on the title song play in unexpected places, Marlowe encounters a shady doctor (Henry Gibson), a bottle-wielding gangster (director Mark Rydell), and a guard aping Barbara Stanwyck (among other stars), before heading to Mexico to stumble onto the truth once and for all.~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide
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Directors (1) | Credit |
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Robert Altman | ... |
Writers (2) | Credit |
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Leigh Brackett | (screenplay) |
Raymond Chandler | (novel "The Long Goodbye") |
Composers (1) | Credit |
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John Williams | ... |
Editors (1) | Credit |
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Lou Lombardo | ... |
Cinematographers (1) | Credit |
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Vilmos Zsigmond | (photographed by) |
Actors (35) | Credit |
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Arnold Schwarzenegger | Hood in Augustine's office (uncredited) |
Carl Gottlieb | Wade Party Guest (uncredited) |
Carlos Lucena | ... |
Danny Goldman | Bartender (uncredited) |
David Arkin | Harry |
David Carradine | Dave 'Socrates' - Marlowe's Cellmate (uncredited) |
Elliott Gould | Philip Marlowe |
Enrique Lucero | Jefe |
George Wyner | Cop at Beach (uncredited) |
Henry Gibson | Dr. Verringer |
Herb Kerns | Herbie |
Jack Knight | Mabel |
Jack Riley | Lenny - Piano Player |
Jerry Jones | Det. Green |
Jim Bouton | Terry Lennox |
Jo Ann Brody | Jo Ann Eggenweiler |
Johnnie Davis | Vocalist - Hooray for Hollywood (uncredited) (archive sound) |
John S. Davies | Det. Dayton |
Ken Sansom | Colony guard |
Leslie McRae | Lucille |
Leslie Simms | Olive |
Mark Rydell | Marty Augustine |
Ned Humphreys | Store Clerk (uncredited) |
Nina Van Pallandt | Eileen Wade (as Nina van Pallandt) |
Pancho Córdova | Doctor (as Pancho Cordoba) |
Pepe Callahan | Pepe |
Rodney Moss | Supermarket clerk |
Rutanya Alda | Rutanya Sweet |
Stephen Coit | Det. Farmer (as Steve Coit) |
Sterling Hayden | Roger Wade / Billy Joe Smith |
Sybil Scotford | Sylvia Tewksbury - Real Estate Agent |
Tammy Shaw | Dancer |
Tracy Harris | Detective (uncredited) |
Vincent Palmieri | Vince (as Vince Palmieri) |
Warren Berlinger | Morgan |