Farewell, My Lovely (1975)

Cast

Sylvester Stallone
as Jonnie
Charlotte Rampling
as Helen Grayle
Harry Dean Stanton
as Det. Billy Rolfe
Robert Mitchum
as Philip Marlowe

Get more information about Farewell, My Lovely (1975) on IMDb

Genres & Description

Crime Mystery Thriller

7.2 / 10

This, the second adaptation of Raymond Chandler's novel, is much closer to the source text than the original - Murder, My Sweet (1944), which tended to avoid some of the sleazier parts of the plot - but still concerns private eye Philip Marlowe's attempts to locate Velma, a former dancer at a seedy nightclub and the girlfriend of Moose Malloy, a petty criminal just out of prison. Marlowe finds that once he has taken the case, events conspire to put him in dangerous situations, and he is forced to follow a confusing trail of untruths and double-crosses before he is able to locate Velma.

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classicfilms

I've not seen Murder My Sweet but this version of Farewell My Lovely is quite a disturbing and sleazy one - which is what it's meant to be. Robert Mitchum as Philip Marlowe is the equal of Humphrey Bogart's rendition. - @Saturday, April 23, 2016 8:05 AM

Horia Puscuta

The 1944 version ("Murder, My Sweet") is better... - @Tuesday, March 3, 2015 9:31 PM

torben lyneborg eriksen

I was 20 years old when I read Chandler for the first time, and when I heard that tune, I knew I had the music and the image of Marlowe straight in my mind. Mitchum and that music is so right. - @Wednesday, May 7, 2014 12:57 AM

Boston Blackie

One of the great films from the 70s. The mood, atmosphere, acting, story and musical score all top shelf. - @Monday, December 2, 2013 7:11 PM

TheWickerMan1981

Elliot Gould had the attitude but got to be too cutesy with the part. Marlowe is my favorite smart ass, but he went too far in some parts. Farewell, My Lovely was my favorite book. Lady in the Lake was good and so was long goodbye. - @Sunday, September 29, 2013 3:41 AM

TheWickerMan1981

Mitchum would have been great as Marlowe when he was young. I think James Badge Dale would be the perfect modern Marlowe. - @Sunday, September 29, 2013 3:37 AM

Veigueta

With all respect for Bogart, but Mitchum was the perfect Marlowe - @Tuesday, July 23, 2013 6:12 AM

svend chr Kjaerbye

I love this movie !! - @Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:28 PM

Cinema Inclined

I'm just here for Charlotte Rampling. :) - @Tuesday, March 12, 2013 9:26 PM

waterloobridgefrance

Age is relative - @Monday, March 4, 2013 6:07 AM

Steven Marler

Robert Mitchum was a good actor but he was too old for this part. - @Sunday, December 2, 2012 3:39 AM

Robbin' Marx

I have left this film running all night at times simply for the atmosphere. No one's ever complained. - @Saturday, June 16, 2012 7:35 PM

Nathan Stone

I still have to see this film but the ending of the trailor is quite haunting. - @Friday, June 8, 2012 4:21 AM

Rafael Storm

@SteveBrant55 ~ Thank for the tip, but I have a pristine, widescreen copy of it that I recorded on disc, when it aired on Flix. And it only cost $.25 for the blank disc! - @Thursday, February 23, 2012 8:17 AM

Rafael Storm

@Victoria92646 ~ It was released on DVD long ago, and it's long been out of print. A while ago the DVD was available on Amazon, for FOUR HUNDRED BUCKS!!!!! - @Saturday, February 11, 2012 6:11 AM

Rafael Storm

@PetrusRuppert ~ I saw it twice at the Loews State, on Times Square, in 1975. - @Saturday, February 11, 2012 6:10 AM

Lolabelle59

Thanks! Fabulous Mitchum, Ireland, etc. and what a score! - @Thursday, March 10, 2011 8:54 PM

Pete Ruppert

@Victoria92646 It is!!I saw it here in NY three times in the "moviehouse" (theater) in '75, I got it on Ebay last week and watched it seven times this past week. Look for a vendor named Stelios, who, is in Athens Greece, he deals in these DVDs. Good luck, and have fun. You deserve a break. - @Monday, February 14, 2011 2:43 AM

arny jock

fantastic movie and the music with the casa loma orch, really puts you in the mood thanks for sharing - @Thursday, April 22, 2010 6:39 AM

Liveapes Rule

This to me is the best Portray of Philip Marlowe in a movie, Robert Mitchum was born to play and give life to Philip Marlowe the hard boiled private eye amazing lighting in this movie and direction not to forget great support cast. - @Wednesday, January 20, 2010 12:59 PM