Farewell, My Lovely

Farewell, My Lovely (1975) is a neo-noir film directed by Dick Richards and featuring Robert Mitchum and Charlotte Rampling. The picture is based on the novel Farewell, My Lovely (1940) by Raymond Chandler. Set in Los Angeles in 1941, against a seamy backdrop of police corruption, cheap hotel rooms, illegal gambling and jewel trafficking, private detective Philip Marlowe is holed up in a hotel room and growing more weary by the hour. As he explai... More

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  • Aug 8, 1975

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  • 1 h 35 min

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Also known as:

  • Fahr zur Hölle, Liebling

Film

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Dick Richards

Dick Richards (born 1936) is an American film director, producer and writer. After working as a photographer, Richards went on to direct commercials. His career in film began by writing and directing a western, The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972), and continued with such films as Farewell, My Lovely ...

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  • Jun 29, 1999

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  • 1 h 35 min

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Adaptation

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Farewell, My Lovely

Farewell, My Lovely is a 1940 novel by Raymond Chandler, the second novel he wrote featuring Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe. It was adapted for the screen three times. Private detective Phillip Marlowe is investigating a dead-end case when he sees an ex-felon, Moose Malloy, barging into a...

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Awards

Award Nominations:

Year Award Award Nominee
  • 1975

Academy Award for Actress in a Supporting Role Nominees

Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Year Note
  • 2,128
  • Apr 25, 2010
  • 6.5

The Movie List: the first 9200 of 2010-04-25

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