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FILM DETAILS

Certificate 18

Cast Elliot Gould Sterling Hayden Mark Rydell Nina Van Pallandt

Directors Robert Altman

Screenwriters Leigh Brackett

Running Time 110 minutes

The Long Goodbye (18)

Plot
Marlowe (Gould), a private dic helps his friend, Terry Lenxox to the Mexican border only to be imprisoned for aiding and abetting the murder of his mate's wife. After his release, he's asked to help a glamorous blonde wife find her husband, but Marlowe becomes more and more warey as he realises the blonde may have a connection to Lennox and his dead wife.

Verdict
A subtle criqiue of the main character that contains some astonishing set pieces.


Reviewer: Kim Newman

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