The Long Goodbye

Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller · 1973R

Elliott Gould portrays tough private-eye Philip Marlowe in director Robert Altman's updated version of one of Raymond Chandler's most-celebrated novels... Marlowe is awakened at 3:30 in the morning by part-time hood Terry Lennox (Jim Bouton) to drive him to Tijuana. When Marlowe returns to Los Angeles, he learns that Lennox's wife is dead--murdered--and that (of course!) Lennox is the chief suspect. Marlowe returns to his normal work and is hired by a woman to find her husband, Roger (Sterling Hayden), an author with a fondness for the bottle. More puzzles... The mob turns up; they are seeking $350,000--and they seem to think Marlowe has it! He will soon learn of Lennox's death (murder, suicide or...) in Mexico and realize that no one but himself gives a damn. That will make Marlowe VERY angry...

Starring

John Williams, Elliott Gould, John Speak, Nina van Pallandt, Leigh Brackett, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell, Lou Lombardo, Elliott Kastner, Elliott Kastner, Henry Gibson

Director

Robert Altman