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The Brasher Doubloon [The High Window] **** (1947, George Montgomery, Nancy Guild, Conrad Janis, Florence Bates) – Classic Movie Review 2496

Director John Brahm’s 1947 film noir detective thriller The Brasher Doubloon is smart and intriguing, though, even so, it is probably the least good (apart from Michael Winner’s The Big Sleep) and least well-known (apart […]

May, 17

The Long Goodbye **** (1973, Elliott Gould, Sterling Hayden, Nina Van Pallandt) – Classic Movie Review 1881

Director Robert Altman’s 1973 neo-noir film of Raymond Chandler’s 1953 novel is expectedly updated to the Seventies but unexpectedly stars a laconic Elliott Gould as the hardboiled but chivalrous and honourable private eye Philip Marlowe, […]

Nov, 24

Marlowe **** (1969, James Garner, Gayle Hunnicutt, Carroll O’Connor, Rita Moreno, Bruce Lee, Sharon Farrell, Jackie Coogan) – Classic Movie Review 1880

The slick and complex 1969 neo-noir thriller film Marlowe stars James Garner as Raymond Chandler’s all-time great LA private eye Philip Marlowe. It also stars Gayle Hunnicutt, Carroll O’Connor, Rita Moreno, Bruce Lee, Sharon Farrell […]

Nov, 24

Lady in the Lake **** (1946, Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan, Tom Tully, Leon Ames, Jayne Meadows) – Classic Movie Review 746

This splendidly gimmicky 1946 murder mystery film noir classic Lady in the Lake is directed by its star Robert Montgomery in his directorial debut, and is based on Raymond Chandler’s renowned hardboiled 1943 detective novel The […]

Jan, 25

Farewell, My Lovely [Murder, My Sweet] ***** (1944, Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley) – Classic Movie Review 739

‘A Sensational Triumph for the NEW Dick Powell.’ Director Edward Dmytryk’s 1944 American film noir Farewell, My Lovely [Murder, My Sweet] stars Dick Powell, Claire Trevor and Anne Shirley in her final film before she […]

Jan, 25

The Big Sleep ***** (1946, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone, Regis Toomey, Charles Waldron, Charles D Brown, Elisha Cook Jr) – Classic Movie Review 69

Director Howard Hawks turns Raymond Chandler’s hardboiled novel The Big Sleep into a brilliantly atmospheric, edge-of-seat suspenseful and exciting film noir masterpiece. Humphrey Bogart is everyone’s idea of Chandler’s cynical anti-hero, the smooth, cocksure if […]

Jul, 19

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