Farewell, My Lovely (1975) - (Movie Clip) Buy Yourself A New Suit
Summoned to a plush 1941 L-A nightclub, Robert Mitchum as P-I Philip Marlowe, older than ever imagined by Raymond Chandler, consults with his neither client nor love-interest Mrs. Grayle (Charlotte Rampling) about her ancient husband (legendary writer Jim Thompson) and fixer Laird Burnette (Anthony Zerbe), later directly in Farewell, My Lovely, 1975.
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Farewell, My Lovely (1975) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Tired And Growing Old
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On a routine case collecting a straying teen (Noelle North, Lola Mason and Wally Berns her parents) in 1941 L-A, Robert Mitchum as private eye Philip Marlowe narrates and cracks wise, introducing ex-boxer Jack OHalloran as Moose Malloy, Dick Richards directing from David Zelag Goodmans adaptation of Raymond Chandlers novel, in Farewell, My Lovely, 1975.