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PHILIP MARLOWE IS A PRIVATE EYE. FOR FIFTY BUCKS YOU CAN BUY HIS BRAIN, HIS FISTS AND HIS .44 MAGNUM SPECIAL. IF YOU WANT BLOOD, HE'LL GIVE YOU THAT, TOO!

Following in the footsteps of Dick Powell (Murder, My Sweet) and Humphrey Bogart (The Big Sleep), James Garner (The Great Escape) brought iconic private investigator Philip Marlowe into the Age of Aquarius in this 1969 neo-noir based on Raymond Chandler's classic novel The Little Sister.

When Orfamay Quest hires Philip Marlowe to find her brother, it seems like just another missing persons case. But soon enough Marlowe's investigation leads him on a trail of blackmail and murder, all of it seemingly linked to a mobster and his TV star mistress. Luscious starlets, pugnacious gangsters, suspicious cops and corpses with ice picks jammed in their necks... welcome to Marlowe country!

Garner's easy-going style is a perfect match for Chandler's "shop-soiled Galahad", paving the way for his performance in classic TV show The Rockford Files. Meanwhile, the many suspects are brought vividly to life by the likes of Carroll O'Connor (All in the Family), Rita Moreno (West Side Story), Jackie Coogan (The Addams Family), Gayle Hunnicut (The Legend of Hell House) and none other than Bruce Lee (Enter the Dragon) making his American feature debut.

Product Features

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

  • Brand new restoration from the original 35mm camera negative by Arrow Films
  • High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
  • Original lossless mono audio
  • $100 A Day (Plus Expenses), a brand new appreciation by film historian Howard S. Berger
  • Theatrical trailer
  • Image gallery
  • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by John Pearson
  • Collectors' booklet containing new writing by critics Jeff Chang and Priscilla Page
Run Time 96 MINS
Director Paul Bogart
Certificate NR 15
Actor James Garner Gayle Hunnicutt Bruce Lee
Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
Subtitle Languages English SDH
Theatrical Release Year 1969
Main Language English
Number of Discs 1
Region Free B
Brand Arrow Films

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Terrific Re Setting of Philip Marlowe

4 out of 4 stars, 5 reviews

'Marlowe' is a late sixties resetting of Raymond Chandler's LA Private Detective. Portrayed with typical cynical detachment and dry wit by the great (and to me underrated) James Garner, this incarnation of Marlowe inhabits (somewhat uneasily) the era of the Hippy, navigating a path that invariably sees him getting clobbered, drugged, and in one memorable scene, having his shabby office demolished by none other than Bruce Lee. Based on Chandler's novel 'Little Sister', 'Marlowe ' is a pacy, taut and well-acted tale that is peopled with a selection of ripe characters, including TV's 'Uncle Fester', Jackie Coogan, in a terrible wig, Carroll 'Archie Bunker' O'Connor as a perpetually angry cop, and the great Rita Moreno, who provides one of the movie's many highlights with a truly sexy striptease at the film's denouement. The Blu Ray transfer is vibrant and captures the garish LA of the late sixties beautifully, and Sterling Silliphant's script crackles. James Garner is always great value, and I recommend this Blu Ray emphatically!

2026-08-01 by Indiscreet Alan **Verified Purchase**

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