The Long Goodbye
1973 · TMDB 7.4
Directed by Robert Altman
In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.
Why it matters
Robert Altman's sun-drenched reimagining of Raymond Chandler, with Elliott Gould as a shambling, wisecracking Marlowe who is more than a little lost in 1970s Los Angeles.
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Released
- 1973-03-08
- Studio
- United Artists
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 7.4
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The Art of the Unresolved
Position 1 of 8
Robert Altman's sun-drenched reimagining of Raymond Chandler, with Elliott Gould as a shambling, wisecracking Marlowe who is more than a little lost in 1970s Los Angeles.
The Mind's Eye: Crime Films of Obsession and Interiority
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Robert Altman's revisionist take on Raymond Chandler, with Elliott Gould as a shambling, anachronistic Marlowe adrift in 1970s LA.
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