Farewell, My Lovely
"I need another drink... I need a lot of life insurance... I need a vacation.... and all I've got is a coat, a hat, and a gun!"
Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer.While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled with seductress Helen Grayle and discovers a web of dark secrets that are better left hidden.
- Director
- Dick Richards
- Worldwide
- $2M
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Cast
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What It's About
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Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled with seductress Helen Grayle and discovers a web of dark secrets that are better left hidden.
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Box Office & Release
Farewell, My Lovely returned 0.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $3M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $2M
- Release date
- Aug 8, 1975
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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