Kent wrote:
"I think if Robert Mitchum had played Marlowe at thirty-five
he would be the preeminent Marlowe, but alas, we'll never
know."
I can't agree with this. Mitchum had too much of a hipster
persona, laidback and cooler than cool, but he could also run
hot, impulsive. This made him a great PI (as in Out of the
Past), but not Marlowe, who is far more detached, even
lonely.
Mark
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