Raymond Chandler
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Movie Review: Lady in the Lake (1947)
Raymond Chandler’s Phillip Marlowe was one of the most popular fictitious gumshoe detectives of the classic film-noir era. Great thespians like Humphrey Bogart, Elliot Gould, James Garner, Danny Glover, George Montgomery, and Robert Mitchum have played him. This time we look at an interesting film noir where the role of Marlowe is played by Robert Read more
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Movie Review: The Big Sleep (1978)
Here we are again with the second adaptation of a Raymond Chandler novel featuring Robert Mitchum as the gumshoe detective, Philip Marlowe. This neo-noir movie, based on Chandler’s novel of the same name, was directed by Michael Winner, who also wrote the film’s screenplay. Sarah Miles, Candy Clark, Joan Collins, Oliver Reed, and the great Read more
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Movie Review: Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
“Farewell, My Lovely” is a neo-noir film directed by Dick Richards and based on the book of the same name by Raymond Chandler. This is the second adaptation of the book; the first adaptation, “Murder, My Sweet,” has also been reviewed in this blog. Robert Mitchum plays Philip Marlowe, Chandler’s famous fictional sleuth, in this Read more
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Movie Review: Double Indemnity (1944)
“Double Indemnity” is considered one of the landmark movies of the film noir era. It inspired numerous movies in several languages, including “The Postman Always Rings Twice” and “Body Heat.” The movie, based on a novel of the same name by James M. Cain, has its screenplay written by Raymond Chandler and Billy Wilder. And Read more
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Movie Review: The Big Sleep (1946)
The Big Sleep is an adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s 1939 novel of the same name. It features one of the most famous PIs of film noir, Phillip Marlowe. Writing a review of “The Big Sleep” has been challenging. Not only do I have to answer the question, if Bogart is the best Marlowe, I also Read more
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Movie Review: Murder My Sweet(1944)
One of the most popular detectives of the Film Noir era is back. This time, his shoes are ably filled by Dick Powell. Powell plays hard-boiled detective Phillip Marlowe in “Murder, My Sweet,” based on Raymond Chandler’s novel “Farewell, My Lovely.” In addition to being considered one of the landmark Film Noir movies, the film Read more
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