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Marlowe

Theatrical poster
Directed by Paul Bogart
Produced by Sidney Beckerman
Gabriel Katzka
Written by Story:
Raymond Chandler
Screenplay:
Sterling Silliphant
Starring James Garner
Gayle Hunnicutt
Carroll O'Connor
Rita Moreno
Bruce Lee
Music by Peter Matz
Cinematography William H. Daniels
Editing by Gene Ruggiero
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s) Germany:
September 19, 1969
United States:
October 22, 1969
Running time 96 minutes
Country United States
Language English
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IMDb profile

Marlowe (1969) is a neo-noir drama film directed by Paul Bogart. Paul Bogart (born November 21, 1919) is an American TV and Film director. Raymond Thornton Chandler ( July 23, 1888 &ndash March 26, 1959) was an American Author of crime stories and novels Stirling Dale Silliphant ( 16 January 1918 – 26 April 1996) was a prolific American Screenwriter and producer James Garner (born April 7 1928 is an American Film and Emmy -award winning Television Actor. Gayle Lady Jenkins (born February 6, 1943) known by her maiden name Gayle Hunnicutt, is an American actress. John Carroll O'Connor ( August 2, 1924 &ndash June 21, 2001) was an American Actor, producer and director Rita Moreno (born December 11, 1931) is a singer dancer and multiple award-winning actress Bruce Lee ( November 27 1940 – July 20 1973 was an American-born Martial artist, Philosopher, instructor, Martial arts actor and the William H Daniels, ASC ( December 1, 1901 - June 14, 1970) was an Academy Award -winning film Cinematographer best known Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The year 1969 in film involved some significant events Events Cannes Film Festival opens but closes in support Neo-noir (from the Greek Neo, new and the French noir black is a type of Motion picture that prominently utilizes elements of Film Paul Bogart (born November 21, 1919) is an American TV and Film director. The mystery film was written by Stirling Silliphant based on Raymond Chandler's 1949 novel The Little Sister. Stirling Dale Silliphant ( 16 January 1918 – 26 April 1996) was a prolific American Screenwriter and producer Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story The Little Sister is a 1949 Novel by Raymond Chandler, the fifth in his popular Philip Marlowe series It features James Garner as the author's fictional private detective Philip Marlowe. James Garner (born April 7 1928 is an American Film and Emmy -award winning Television Actor. Philip Marlowe is a fictional character created by Raymond Chandler in a series of novels including The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye The supporting cast includes Bruce Lee, Gayle Hunnicutt, Rita Moreno, Carroll O'Connor and Jackie Coogan. Bruce Lee ( November 27 1940 – July 20 1973 was an American-born Martial artist, Philosopher, instructor, Martial arts actor and the Gayle Lady Jenkins (born February 6, 1943) known by her maiden name Gayle Hunnicutt, is an American actress. Rita Moreno (born December 11, 1931) is a singer dancer and multiple award-winning actress John Carroll O'Connor ( August 2, 1924 &ndash June 21, 2001) was an American Actor, producer and director John Leslie (Jackie Coogan ( October 26, 1914 – March 1, 1984) was an American Actor who began his movie career as a [1]

The film foreshadowed James Garner's second Los Angeles P.I. character Jim Rockford in The Rockford Files. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West A private investigator or private detective (often shortened to PI or private eye) is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake Jim Rockford is a Fictional character on the Television series The Rockford Files. The Rockford Files is an American Detective ( Private investigator) Television Drama that had its first run on the Many of the wisecracking Marlowe lines written by Silliphant for this movie (quite a few of which were lifted directly from Chandler's novel) could just as easily have come from the mouth of Garner's television private eye Rockford, although Garner played Marlowe as a substantially more serious character.

It also introduced martial arts legend Bruce Lee to many American film viewers.

Contents

Plot

Private-eye Marlowe (Garner) is trying to locate the brother of his client Orfamay Quest (Sharon Farrell). Marlowe follows the trail to two men who deny any knowledge of the brother's existence. Both are soon killed by an ice pick, and Marlowe deduces that there's much more to this than a simple missing-person case.

Marlowe's path crosses that of a blackmailed movie star, Mavis Wald (Gayle Hunnicutt) and her friend, exotic dancer Delores (Rita Moreno). A mobster sends karate expert Winslow Wong (Bruce Lee) to warn Marlowe off the case, while Lt. French (Carroll O'Connor) also cautions the detective to stay out of the police's way.

The bodies pile up by the time Marlowe cracks the case.

Cast

Critical reception

The staff at Variety magazine gave the film a mixed review and wrote, "Raymond Chandler's private eye character, Philip Marlowe, is in need of better handling if he is to survive as a screen hero. Variety is a weekly entertainment trade newspaper founded in New York in 1905 by Sime Silverman Marlowe, is a plodding, unsure piece of so-called sleuthing in which James Garner can never make up his mind whether to play it for comedy or hardboil. Stirling Silliphant's adaptation of The Little Sister comes out on the confused side, with too much unexplained action. . . Garner walks through the picture mostly with knotted brow, but Gayle Hunnicutt as the actress is nice to look at toward the end. Rita Moreno as a strip dancer delivers soundly, but a peeler does not a picture make. "[2]

Critic Roger Ebert panned the film in his review, writing, "But [Chandler's] books depend mostly on the texture and style of life in Los Angeles, and on the cynical intelligence of Philip Marlowe. Roger Joseph Ebert (iːbɝt born June 18, 1942) is an American film critic and Screenwriter. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West That's probably why Marlowe, the latest movie to be based on a Chandler book, is not very satisfactory. Even though director Paul Bogart shot on location, he has not quite captured the gritty quality of Chandler's LA. And James Garner, the latest Marlowe (after Robert Montgomery, Dick Powell and Humphrey Bogart), is a little too inclined to play for light, wry, James Bond-style laughs. Robert Montgomery ( May 21, 1904 &ndash September 27, 1981) was an American actor and director Richard Ewing "Dick" Powell ( November 14, 1904 – January 2, 1963) was an American Singer, Actor, James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story . . detective movies have got to function at the level of plot, somehow, unless they star Bogart and are written by William Faulkner and just brazen their way through. William Faulkner (born William Cuthbert Falkner) ( September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American Author Marlowe isn't brazen enough. Somewhere about the time when the Chinese martial arts expert wrecks his office (in a very funny scene), we realize Marlowe has lost track of the plot, too. "[3]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Marlowe at the Internet Movie Database.
  2. ^ Variety. Film review, 1969. Last accessed: February 23, 2008. Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
  3. ^ Ebert, Roger. Chicago Sun-Times, film review, November 25, 1969. The Chicago Sun-Times is an American daily Newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois. Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Last accessed: February 23, 2008.

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