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Farewell, My Lovely
Plot Synopsis by Hal Erickson

Previously filmed in 1942 as The Falcon Takes Over and in 1944 as Murder, My Sweet, Raymond Chandler's Farewell My Lovely was given its third cinematic go-round under its original title in 1975. Spouting the Chandlerish prose as if it were second nature, Robert Mitchum stars as 1940s private eye Philip Marlowe, hired by the goonish Moose Malloy (Jack O'Halloran) to locate his former girl friend. This involves Marlowe in the theft of a jade necklace, which in turn leads to murder. All roads seemingly lead to adventuress Mrs. Grayle (Charlotte Rampling), wealthily married but far from satisfied.

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 Is related to:    Murder, My Sweet  (1944, Edward Dmytryk)
   The Big Sleep  (1946, Howard Hawks)
   The Big Sleep  (1978, Michael Winner)
   Lady in the Lake  (1946, Robert Montgomery)
   The Long Goodbye  (1973, Robert Altman)
   Marlowe  (1969, Paul Bogart)
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 Is a version of:    Murder, My Sweet  (1944, Edward Dmytryk)
   The Falcon Takes Over  (1942, Irving G. Reis)