{"id":5937,"date":"2008-10-07T17:10:24","date_gmt":"2008-10-08T00:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5937"},"modified":"2021-01-27T09:03:52","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T16:03:52","slug":"marlowe-1969","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5937","title":{"rendered":"Marlowe (1969)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Does your mother know what you do for a living?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Poster-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Poster-1-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-66328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Poster-1-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Poster-1-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Poster-1-177x270.jpg 177w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Poster-1.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhile searching for the missing brother (Roger Newman) of a young woman (Sharon Farrell), private detective Philip Marlowe (James Garner) stumbles onto a blackmailing plot involving compromising photos of a television star (Gayle Hunnicutt).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blackmail<\/li>\n<li>Bruce Lee Films<\/li\n\n\n<li>Detectives and Private Eyes<\/li>\n<li>James Garner Films<\/li>\n<li>Search<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis updated version of Raymond Chandler&#8217;s 1949 novel <em>The Little Sister<\/em> is polished but not all that memorable. While James Garner (always a pleasure to watch) is appropriately gritty and handsome as famed detective Philip Marlowe, ultimately his performance (unlike that of, say, Humphrey Bogart as Marlowe in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=8691\">1946&#8217;s <em>The Big Sleep<\/em><\/a>) fails to leave much of a lasting impression. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Garner.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Garner-1024x574.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Garner-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Garner-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Garner-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Garner-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Garner-1536x861.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Garner-481x270.png 481w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Garner.png 1817w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the dense storyline &#8212; despite featuring a couple of clever plot twists at the end &#8212; is needlessly confusing, and introduces far too many supporting characters whose importance is either lost (after two viewings, I still don&#8217;t have a clue what Paul Stevens&#8217; enigmatic Dr. Lagardie has to do with anything) or given short shrift (Carroll O&#8217;Connor as an embittered police lieutenant, Bruce Lee as a martial arts-wielding henchman, and Rita Moreno as Hunnicutt&#8217;s &#8220;old friend&#8221; all deserve better development). Ultimately, this one&#8217;s only must-see viewing for Chandler aficionados. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> This was Lee&#8217;s first appearance in a Hollywood movie, and his presence is noteworthy &#8212; but his second (final) scene in the film is inexplicably insulting to his talents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Lee2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Lee2-1024x578.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Lee2-1024x578.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Lee2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Lee2-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Lee2-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Lee2-1536x866.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Lee2-479x270.png 479w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Lee2.png 1817w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rita Moreno as Dolores<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Moreno.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Moreno-1024x567.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"354\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Moreno-1024x567.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Moreno-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Moreno-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Moreno-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Moreno-1536x850.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Moreno-488x270.png 488w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Moreno-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/Marlowe-Moreno.png 1819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though Chandler fans will likely be curious to check it out. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0064638\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1969\/10\/23\/archives\/screen-in-the-tradition-of-marlowework-by-paul-bogart-begins-local.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/marlowe-1969\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/2251\/marlowe#articles-reviews?articleId=88757\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Does your mother know what you do for a living?&#8221; Synopsis: While searching for the missing brother (Roger Newman) of a young woman (Sharon Farrell), private detective Philip Marlowe (James Garner) stumbles onto a blackmailing plot involving compromising photos of a television star (Gayle Hunnicutt). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Blackmail Bruce Lee Films<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5937"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66329,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5937\/revisions\/66329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}