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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Brian Thornton"
<tieresias@...> wrote:
>
> I just always pictured Robert Mitchum or John Payne
as Marlowe.
Mitchum was terrific in FAREWELL MY LOVELY when he got around
to playing him in the 70s, he was just too old by then.
Imagine if he'd started playing Marlowe the same year he made
OUT OF THE PAST.
>
> All the Best-
>
> Brian
>
Powell in MURDER, MY SWEET used to be my favourite screen
Marlowe, but after re-watching both that movie and FAREWELL,
MY LOVELY again, I find that I prefer Mitchum as Marlowe.
Granted, it was a few decades late for him to match the
character's age, but he's so right for the part that it
doesn't matter.
The 1970s remake of THE BIG SLEEP is even worth watching for
Mitchum's performance alone. There's a lot wrong with the
movie (setting it in the UK in the 70s, for a start), but at
least they had a good Marlowe.
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