What better way to begin a film like this than the baratone narration of Mitchum talking about getting old. Mitchum plays a world weary Marlowe we have never seen before. He moves very very slowly.
Dick Richards has all the correct elements to describe this slimy bit of L. A. A boatload of eccentric and menacing characters seem to follow the narration. Slyia Myles gets all the "myles" out of a shopworn floozie who used to sing. Anthony Zerbe is on hand as a crime boss, Kate Murtagh brings new meaning to a hot house mom and you will see the rest..I'm just too tired to tell more..
Its not very often that an actor can reprise a character he could have played himself in the 40,s ..in the 70,s and the bags over Marlowes eyes tell of the decades passing.
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Dick Richards has all the correct elements to describe this slimy bit of L. A. A boatload of eccentric and menacing characters seem to follow the narration. Slyia Myles gets all the "myles" out of a shopworn floozie who used to sing. Anthony Zerbe is on hand as a crime boss, Kate Murtagh brings new meaning to a hot house mom and you will see the rest..I'm just too tired to tell more..
Its not very often that an actor can reprise a character he could have played himself in the 40,s ..in the 70,s and the bags over Marlowes eyes tell of the decades passing.
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