"The Long Goodbye (novel) The Long Goodbye is a novel by Raymond Chandler, published in 1953, his sixth novel featuring the private investigator Philip Marlowe. Some critics consider it inferior to ""The Big Sleep"" or ""Farewell, My Lovely"", but others rank it as the best of his work. Chandler, in a letter to a friend, called the novel ""my best book"". The novel is notable for using hard-boiled detective fiction as a vehicle for social criticism and for including autobiographical elements from Chandler's life. In 1955, the novel received the Edgar Award for Best Novel. It was later adapted as"
"names of the protagonists to Philip Marlowe. His first two stories, ""Blackmailers Don't Shoot"" and ""Smart-Aleck Kill"" (with a detective named Mallory), were never altered in print but did join the others as Marlowe cases for the television series ""Philip Marlowe, Private Eye"". Marlowe's character is foremost within the genre of hardboiled crime fiction that originated in the 1920s, notably in ""Black Mask"" magazine, in which Dashiell Hammett's The Continental Op and Sam Spade first appeared. Underneath the wisecracking, hard-drinking, tough private eye, Marlowe is quietly contemplative and philosophical and enjoys chess and poetry. While he is not afraid to"
"Philip Marlowe, Private Eye Philip Marlowe, Private Eye is an American mystery series that aired on HBO in the United States from April 16, 1983 through June 3, 1986, and on ITV in the United Kingdom. The series features Powers Boothe as Raymond Chandler's title character, and was the first drama produced for HBO. It was an early example of the uncompromising commitment to authenticity HBO would become known for in period pieces, later showcased in ""Rome"" and ""Deadwood"", the latter of which also featured actor Powers Boothe. Unlike other modern incarnations of the Marlowe character, the HBO series kept"
"The Adventures of Philip Marlowe The Adventures of Philip Marlowe was a radio series featuring Raymond Chandler's private eye, Philip Marlowe. Robert C. Reinehr and Jon D. Swartz, in their book, ""The A to Z of Old Time Radio"", noted that the program differed from most others in its genre: ""It was a more hard-boiled program than many of the other private detective shows of the time, containing few quips or quaint characters."" The program first aired 17 June 1947 on NBC radio under the title ""The New Adventures of Philip Marlowe"", with Van Heflin playing Marlowe. The show was"
"women and powerful men about whom he wrote. Several feature and television movies have been made about the Philip Marlowe character. James Hadley Chase wrote a few novels with private eyes as the main heroes, including ""Blonde's Requiem"" (1945), ""Lay Her Among the Lilies"" (1950), and ""Figure It Out for Yourself"" (1950). The heroes of these novels are typical private eyes, very similar to or plagiarizing Raymond Chandler's work. Ross Macdonald, pseudonym of Kenneth Millar, updated the form again with his detective Lew Archer. Archer, like Hammett's fictional heroes, was a camera eye, with hardly any known past. ""Turn Archer"
"portray Philip Marlowe more than once on the big screen. In 1941 Los Angeles, against a seamy backdrop of police corruption, cheap hotel rooms, illegal gambling and jewel trafficking, private detective Philip Marlowe is holed up in a hotel room and growing more weary by the hour. As he explains to his police lieutenant friend Nulty: ""I've got a hat, a coat and a gun; that's it."" Marlowe has been hired by a huge and surly ex-convict, Moose Malloy, to find his old girlfriend Velma, whom he hasn't seen in seven years. At the same time, Marlowe is investigating the"
"the show set in the 1930s, true to the original Raymond Chandler stories. The series chronicles the cases of private detective Philip Marlowe. Set in Los Angeles during the 1930s, storylines were adapted from Chandler's short stories. ""Philip Marlowe, Private Eye"" aired in two short runs beginning in April 1983 to June 1983 in the US and May 1984 in the UK. The second run began in April 1986 and ended in June 1986. Philip Marlowe, Private Eye Philip Marlowe, Private Eye is an American mystery series that aired on HBO in the United States from April 16, 1983 through"
"Playback (novel) Playback is a novel by Raymond Chandler, featuring the private detective Philip Marlowe. It was first published in Britain in July 1958; the US edition followed in October that year. Chandler died the following year; ""Playback"" is his last completed novel. At the beginning of 1952 (some 18 months after the parting of Marlowe and Linda Loring in ""The Long Goodbye""). Marlowe is faced with the choice of turning against his client and taking up the cause of the subject he was hired to investigate, an attractive woman on the run with whom he eventually becomes emotionally entangled."
"quite complicated, forcing him to embark on an odyssey through the urban landscape. He is involved with organized crime and other lowlifes on the ""mean streets"" of, preferably, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, or Chicago. A hard-boiled private eye has an ambivalent attitude towards the police. It is his ambition to save America and rid it of its mean elements all by himself. As Raymond Chandler's protagonist Philip Marlowe—immortalized by actor Humphrey Bogart in the movie adaptation (1946) of the novel ""The Big Sleep"" (1939)—admits to his client, General Sternwood, he finds it rather tiresome, as an individualist, to"
"Long Fiction. First appeared in ""The Mammoth Book of Dracula"", 1997. The story's first-person narrator, a private investigator, investigates the death of his ex-wife, found at the bottom of her swimming pool with an iron spike driven through her forehead, and the disappearance of her daughter, last seen falling in with a crowd of vampire cultists. (The private investigator, though not named in the story, is clearly Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe, and his ex-wife is the recurring character Linda Loring, whom Marlowe married in Chandler's unfinished final novel ""Poodle Springs""—after initially rejecting the idea because he knew it would not"
"the novel have been made, as well: The High Window The High Window is a 1942 novel written by Raymond Chandler. It is his third novel featuring the Los Angeles private detective Philip Marlowe. Private investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy widow Elizabeth Bright Murdock to recover a missing Brasher Doubloon, a rare and valuable coin. Mrs. Murdock suspects it was stolen by her son's estranged wife, Linda Conquest, a former singer. Returning to his office, Marlowe is followed by a blond man in a coupe. Mrs. Murdock's son Leslie Murdock visits Marlowe and tries to learn why his"
"Spenser (character) Spenser—his first name is never officially revealed—is a fictional character in a series of detective novels initially by the American mystery writer Robert B. Parker and later by Ace Atkins. He is also featured in a television series ("""") and a series of TV movies based on the novels. Spenser was born and grew up in Laramie, Wyoming and is a Boston private eye in the mold of Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe, a smart-mouthed tough guy with a heart of gold. Unlike Marlowe, Spenser maintains a committed relationship with one woman (Susan Silverman). Although he is an ex-boxer"
"novels, ""Playback"" is the only one never to have been adapted into a film. In 2011, ""Playback"" was adapted for radio by BBC Radio Four as part of a season of Chandler adaptations. Marlowe was played by Toby Stephens. Playback (novel) Playback is a novel by Raymond Chandler, featuring the private detective Philip Marlowe. It was first published in Britain in July 1958; the US edition followed in October that year. Chandler died the following year; ""Playback"" is his last completed novel. At the beginning of 1952 (some 18 months after the parting of Marlowe and Linda Loring in ""The"
"Farewell, My Lovely Farewell, My Lovely is a novel by Raymond Chandler, published in 1940, the second novel he wrote featuring the Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe. It was adapted for the screen three times and was also adapted for the stage and radio. Private detective Philip Marlowe is investigating a dead-end missing person case when he sees a felon, Moose Malloy, barging into a nightclub called Florian's looking for his ex-girlfriend Velma Valento. The club has changed owners, so no one now there knows her. Malloy ends up killing the black owner of the club and escaping. The"
"Marlowe (film) Marlowe is a 1969 American neo-noir film starring James Garner as Raymond Chandler's private detective Philip Marlowe. Directed by Paul Bogart, the film was written by Stirling Silliphant based on Chandler's 1949 novel ""The Little Sister"". The supporting cast includes Bruce Lee, Gayle Hunnicutt, Rita Moreno, Sharon Farrell, Carroll O'Connor and Jackie Coogan. The film foreshadowed James Garner's second Los Angeles P.I. character Jim Rockford in ""The Rockford Files"". Rita Moreno would also go on to co-star as a recurring character in the series. Many of the wisecracking Marlowe lines incorporated by Silliphant for this movie were taken"
"episode of the HBO series Philip Marlowe, Private Eye. Smart-Aleck Kill Smart-Aleck Kill is a short story by writer Raymond Chandler. It was first published in July 1934 in the magazine ""Black Mask"". Private detective Mallory has been hired by a film studio to handle a blackmail threat against director Derek Whalen, but Whalen is uncooperative. Two armed men barge into the apartment and demand payment from Walden. They take Mallory and leave for the bank, but Mallory’s driver helps him escape. Later, Mallory receives a call from Walden’s girlfriend worrying about him; Mallory checks on him and finds him"
"The High Window The High Window is a 1942 novel written by Raymond Chandler. It is his third novel featuring the Los Angeles private detective Philip Marlowe. Private investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy widow Elizabeth Bright Murdock to recover a missing Brasher Doubloon, a rare and valuable coin. Mrs. Murdock suspects it was stolen by her son's estranged wife, Linda Conquest, a former singer. Returning to his office, Marlowe is followed by a blond man in a coupe. Mrs. Murdock's son Leslie Murdock visits Marlowe and tries to learn why his mother hired him. Murdock reveals that he"
"Goodbye"", chapter 5). He takes his coffee with cream in the mornings but has it black at other times. Typical of classic private eyes, Marlowe is the eternal bachelor in all of the novels. But in the opening paragraphs of ""Poodle Springs"" he has just married Linda Loring, the divorced daughter of the press tycoon Harlan Potter. He knows her from ""The Long Goodbye"", where they spent one night together, and from ""Playback"", where she, after one and a half years, surprisingly called him from Paris and proposed to him (""I'm asking you to marry me""). Philip Marlowe Philip Marlowe"
"Private Eye (game) Private Eye is a video game developed by Brooklyn Multimedia and published by Simon & Schuster Interactive for Windows in 1996 and Macintosh in 1997. ""Private Eye"" is an interactive murder mystery starring Philip Marlowe. ""Next Generation"" reviewed the PC version of the game, rating it two stars out of five, and stated that ""Unfortunately, there just isn't much game to hang it on. A click or two every 10 minutes does not balance out the hole it'll leave in your checkbook. Even with its alternate endings and intriguing story, you'd probably be better off renting ""The"
"Sam Spade Sam Spade is a fictional private detective and the protagonist of Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel, ""The Maltese Falcon"". Spade also appeared in four lesser-known short stories by Hammett. ""The Maltese Falcon"", first published as a serial in the pulp magazine ""Black Mask"", is the only full-length novel in which Spade appears. The character, however, is widely cited as a crystallizing figure in the development of hard-boiled private detective fiction—Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe, for instance, was strongly influenced by Spade. Spade was a departure from Hammett's nameless and less-than-glamorous detective, The Continental Op. Spade combined several features of previous"
"confesses but remains defiant; but in the midst of her performance she is shot by Lagardie, who then kills himself. Just before the police arrives, Marlowe quietly leaves and drives away into the night. The staff at ""Variety"" magazine gave the film a mixed review and wrote, Critic Roger Ebert criticized parts of the film in his review, writing, Marlowe (film) Marlowe is a 1969 American neo-noir film starring James Garner as Raymond Chandler's private detective Philip Marlowe. Directed by Paul Bogart, the film was written by Stirling Silliphant based on Chandler's 1949 novel ""The Little Sister"". The supporting cast"
"state border. And any further snooping on the detective's part could quickly put an end to his wedded bliss. Poodle Springs (film) Poodle Springs is a 1998 neo-noir HBO film directed by Bob Rafelson, starring James Caan as private detective Philip Marlowe. The film is based on the unfinished novel ""Poodle Springs"" by Raymond Chandler, completed after his death by Robert B. Parker and published in 1989. Playwright Tom Stoppard wrote the screenplay. In 1963, an aging Philip Marlowe (James Caan) is newly married to young socialite Laura Parker (Dina Meyer). The private investigator leaves his Los Angeles apartment behind"
"story was updated for the 1969 film ""Marlowe,"" starring James Garner as detective Philip Marlowe. The novel was adapted for radio by Bill Morrison, directed by John Tydeman, and broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 5 December 1977, starring Ed Bishop as Marlowe. Another adaptation by Stephen Wyatt, directed by Claire Grove, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 15 October 2011, starring Toby Stephens as Marlowe. The Little Sister The Little Sister is a 1949 novel by Raymond Chandler, his fifth featuring the private investigator Philip Marlowe. The story is set in Los Angeles in the late 1940s. The"
"Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe: a Centennial Celebration Edited by Byron Preiss, Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe: a Centennial Celebration () is an anthology of short stories collected for the centenary of Raymond Chandler's birth, in 1988. Containing 23 stories by such noted crime-writers as Max Allan Collins, Sara Paretsky, Loren D. Estleman, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Ed Gorman and Eric Van Lustbader each tale takes place in one of the years that Philip Marlowe was active as a private eye (1935–1959). As well, the anthology includes ""The Pencil"", Chandler's last Marlowe short story. A second edition, published in 1999, contained an additional"
"commented that ""Marlowe just grew out of the pulps. He was no one person."" When creating the character, Chandler had originally intended to call him Mallory; his stories for the ""Black Mask"" magazine featured characters that are considered precursors to Marlowe. The emergence of Marlowe coincided with Chandler's transition from writing short stories to novels. Chandler was said to have taken the name Marlowe from Marlowe House, to which he belonged during his time at Dulwich College. Marlowe House was named for Christopher Marlowe, a hard-drinking Elizabethan writer who graduated in philosophy and worked secretly for the government. Philip Marlowe"
"by Steve Fisher, which was filmed two years later. The film's script changes the novel's midsummer setting to Christmastime, frequently using holiday themes as an ironic counterpoint to the grim aspects of the story. The opening credits are shown on a series of Christmas cards, which turn out to be concealing a gun. Tired of the low pay of his profession, hard-boiled Los Angeles private detective Phillip Marlowe submits a murder story to Kingsby Publications. He is invited to the publishers’ offices to discuss his work but soon realizes it is merely a ploy. A few days before Christmas, publishing"
"directed. Robert Mitchum played Marlowe for the first time in ""Farewell, My Lovely"" (1975), perhaps the most faithful adaptation of this often-filmed book. The obscure ""Chandler"" (1972) is set in the 1940s but has nothing to do with Raymond Chandler's writings. The television film ""Goodnight, My Love"" (1972) with Richard Boone and two short-lived TV series, ""Banyon"" (1972–73) and ""City of Angels"" (1976) were also set in the 1930s and pay tribute to the Sam Spade/Philip Marlowe model. And the television film ""Who Is the Black Dahlia?"" (1975) recreates the true unsolved murder case from 1947. Agatha Christie's elegant ""Murder"
"20th-century drama. Marlow's hallucinations are not far from the Philip Marlowe in ""Murder, My Sweet"", the 1944 film adaptation of Raymond Chandler's ""Farewell, My Lovely"", with Dick Powell as Marlowe. Powell himself would later portray a ""singing detective"" on radio's ""Richard Diamond, Private Detective"", serenading his girlfriend, Helen Asher (Virginia Gregg), at the end of each episode. A reference is made in the last episode to a novel by Agatha Christie, ""The Murder of Roger Ackroyd"". This may be meant to suggest that Marlow is an unreliable narrator. Although ""The Singing Detective"" did not meet with spectacular viewing figures, it"
"Poodle Springs (film) Poodle Springs is a 1998 neo-noir HBO film directed by Bob Rafelson, starring James Caan as private detective Philip Marlowe. The film is based on the unfinished novel ""Poodle Springs"" by Raymond Chandler, completed after his death by Robert B. Parker and published in 1989. Playwright Tom Stoppard wrote the screenplay. In 1963, an aging Philip Marlowe (James Caan) is newly married to young socialite Laura Parker (Dina Meyer). The private investigator leaves his Los Angeles apartment behind and sets up a new base of operations in Poodle Springs, an upscale community in the desert a couple"
"be thrown away without a backward glance ... and any notions of friendship and loyalty are meaningless."" Late one night, private investigator Philip Marlowe is visited by his close friend Terry Lennox, who asks for a lift from Los Angeles to the California–Mexico border at Tijuana. Marlowe obliges. On returning home, Marlowe is met by two police detectives, who accuse Lennox of having murdered his rich wife, Sylvia. Marlowe refuses to give them any information, so they arrest him. After he is jailed for three days, the police release him, because they have learned that Lennox has committed suicide in"
"him back. Mardonne is unsure what to make of it, and Mallory suspects him of hoping to continue the blackmail, which is over now that Farr has the letters and can enlist help from the studio. Mardonne ends up being killed inadvertently, and Mallory is wounded. At the police station, the captain tells Mallory the official story for each killing: separate, run-of-the-mill homicides. Mallory smiles and hints at Farr's situation, then leaves for home. The story was made into an episode of the HBO series ""Philip Marlowe, Private Eye"". Blackmailers Don't Shoot ""Blackmailers Don't Shoot"" is a short story by"
"The Lady in the Lake The Lady in the Lake is a 1943 detective novel by Raymond Chandler featuring the Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe. Notable for its removal of Marlowe from his usual Los Angeles environs for much of the book, the novel's complicated plot initially deals with the case of a missing woman in a small mountain town some 80 miles (130 km) from the city. The book was written shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor and makes several references to America's recent involvement in World War II. Derace Kingsley, a wealthy businessman, hires Marlowe to"
"A Dead Man in Deptford A Dead Man in Deptford is a 1993 novel by Anthony Burgess, the last to be published during his lifetime. It depicts the life and character of Christopher Marlowe, a renowned playwright of the Elizabethan era. Reckless but brilliant Cambridge scholar Kit Marlowe is conscripted by Francis Walsingham to be a spy for Queen Elizabeth. It is love at first sight for Kit and Walsingham's young cousin Thomas, and Kit is soon sent to the English college at Rheims to ferret out recusants conspiring against the Queen and her Church of England. Walsingham and his"