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Legendary private eye Philip Marlowe takes on new cases. Sign In Sign In. New Customer? Create account.

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Sign In. Edit Marlowe Directed by Neil Jordan Philip Marlowe Brenda Rawn Office Secretary Alan Moloney Office Boss Diane Kruger Clare Cavendish Stella Stocker Nico Peterson Darrell D'Silva Old Man Ian Hart Joe Green Kim DeLonghi Security Guard Tony Corvillo Gardener as Toni Corvillo Jessica Lange Dorothy Quincannon Mitchell Mullen The Ambassador Patrick Muldoon

On that plus side it's a polished production, marlowe imdb, it actually looks pretty good, but there's an age old saying about being unable to polish something, that's very appropriate in this case.

An aging Phillip Marlowe gets mixed up with blackmail and murder amongst the elite social set in Votes: R 99 min Crime, Drama, Mystery. Grizzled American private detective in England investigates a complicated case of blackmail turned murder involving a rich but honest elderly general, his two loose socialite daughters, a pornographer and a gangster. Votes: 5, R 95 min Crime, Mystery, Thriller.

Even if he had essayed the role 30 or 40 years ago, year-old Liam Neeson would make an odd fit for Philip Marlowe. In the wrong context, it can lead to performances of lugubriousness rather than gravitas. Set in Bay City, L. The cutting of a sprightly figure notwithstanding, Marlowe was never a character who was light or meant to be taken lightly. Marlowe does not have joie de vivre. Chandler conceived the detective as a sort of modern-day knight.

Marlowe imdb

Sign In. Edit Marlowe Directed by Neil Jordan Philip Marlowe Brenda Rawn

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Long gone are the conventional, time-honored noir films that dominated the s and 50s. As for the books that Raymond Chandler gave us, Marlowe is most often more interesting than the characters he encounters, and more interesting than the plot. Thankfully starring Liam Neeson in something other than a washed-out action role, Marlowe sees the veteran actor in a noir setting for the first time. Munsey uncredited. United Kingdom Canada United States. Patrick Muldoon Richard Cavendish. Initially it's refreshing and interesting to see a Hollywood mystery take its time developing the story, similar to something like Chinatown or The Two Jakes. Sign In. Read Morgan Gumpshaw. A genre populated with cynical, down-on-their-luck rumpled detectives, beautiful but deadly women, double and triple crosses, and a case far further reaching than the detective initially conceived of, the noir made use of all these elements to create mysteries and whodunits that have stood the test of time. Lilly uncredited. Edit Marlowe Michael Shannon Dr. As the movie progressed, the plot was murky and the characters undeveloped.

Marlowe has a packed and star-studded cast. The neo-noir follows Philip Marlowe as he investigates the disappearance and presumed death of Nico Peterson after being tipped off about it by an heiress. Jordan has assembled a fantastic, talented, and well-known cast to portray the myriad of characters in Marlowe , most of whom have some kind of ulterior motive that Marlowe tries to figure out, all while finding himself knee-deep in illicit affairs the more he unearths their secrets.

Pat the Bartender Danny Huston Regardless of the hokey lines or clunky exposition scenes, Lange is there to remind audiences she hasn't gone anywhere and still has plenty of gas left in the tank. Maybe that's why people have trashed this movie as it's being judged on an existing franchise. Baker …. Wynant Sonny Steelgrave. Sure, you'll get a fist fight or two, and maybe a shootout here and there, but both the fist fights and the shootouts are the most pedestrian and bare bones action sequences you'd have seen since, well, the last Liam Neeson movie. Director Rob Bowman. This was my first film with the character of Phillip Marlowe. New Customer? See the full list. User reviews 18 Review.