Private investigator Philip Marlowe helps a friend out of a jam, but in doing so gets implicated in his wife's murder.Private investigator Philip Marlowe helps a friend out of a jam, but in doing so gets implicated in his wife's murder.Private investigator Philip Marlowe helps a friend out of a jam, but in doing so gets implicated in his wife's murder.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination
Stephen Coit
- Detective Farmer
- (as Steve Coit)
Vincent Palmieri
- Vince
- (as Vince Palmieri)
Pancho Córdova
- Doctor
- (as Pancho Cordoba)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe location for Sterling Hayden's home was actually Robert Altman's home at the time.
- GoofsMarlowe's initial line following Dr. Verringer's demand of $4400 from Roger Wade (in the hospital) appears to be dubbed. Marlowe lights a cigarette and does not move his mouth as the line is heard.
- Quotes
Philip Marlowe: Nobody cares but me.
Terry Lennox: Well that's you, Marlowe. You'll never learn, you're a born loser.
Philip Marlowe: Yeah, I even lost my cat.
- ConnectionsEdited into El adios largos (2013)
- SoundtracksThe Long Goodbye
by John Williams and Johnny Mercer
Performed by The Dave Grusin Trio, Jack Sheldon, Clydie King, Jack Riley, Morgan Ames, Aluminum Band, The Tepoztlan Municipal Band
Featured review
Hard-Boiled
Detective Philip Marlowe (Elliott Gould) tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.
At first I was a bit turned off by the theme song, especially the thought that I was going to hear it a dozen times. But only the opening had a version I disliked and it grew on me from there.
Oddly, the film at first received negative critical feedback. Jay Cocks wrote, "Altman's lazy, haphazard putdown is without affection or understanding, a nose-thumb not only at the idea of Philip Marlowe but at the genre that his tough-guy-soft-heart character epitomized. It is a curious spectacle to see Altman mocking a level of achievement to which, at his best, he could only aspire".
This turned around when Pauline Kael and Roger Ebert came to its defense... and I am not really sure where Cocks was coming from. Sure, I am looking at the film forty years later (2013), but to me it comes across as something of a masterpiece. Some think Altman's best work is "Nashville", but I will take this one any day.
At first I was a bit turned off by the theme song, especially the thought that I was going to hear it a dozen times. But only the opening had a version I disliked and it grew on me from there.
Oddly, the film at first received negative critical feedback. Jay Cocks wrote, "Altman's lazy, haphazard putdown is without affection or understanding, a nose-thumb not only at the idea of Philip Marlowe but at the genre that his tough-guy-soft-heart character epitomized. It is a curious spectacle to see Altman mocking a level of achievement to which, at his best, he could only aspire".
This turned around when Pauline Kael and Roger Ebert came to its defense... and I am not really sure where Cocks was coming from. Sure, I am looking at the film forty years later (2013), but to me it comes across as something of a masterpiece. Some think Altman's best work is "Nashville", but I will take this one any day.
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- gavin6942
- Dec 30, 2013
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- $1,700,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $23,191
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