Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler

Featuring Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe

Private detective Philip Marlowe is investigating a dead-end case when he sees a felon, by the name of Moose Malloy, barging into a nightclub looking for his ex-girlfriend Velma Valento. The club has changed owners, so no one now there knows anything about her. Malloy ends up killing the manager and escaping. The case of the murder of the club manager is given to a detective named Nulty with a reputation for laziness and incompetence. Marlowe advises Nulty to look for Malloy's girlfriend but Nulty prefers to rely on finding Malloy based on his size and loud clothes. Marlowe decides to follow up and look for the girl.

Printing History

Written by Raymond Thornton Chandler (1888-1959)

Alfred A. Knopf

1940

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Directed by Irving Reis

 Starring

George Sanders

 Helen Gilbert

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1944

Directed by Edward Dmytryk

Starring

Dick Powell 

Claire Trevor

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Farewell, My Lovely

1975

Directed by Dick Richards

Starring
Robert Mitchum
Charlotte Rampling