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starring: James Garner, Gayle Hunnicutt, Carroll O'Connor, Rita Moreno, Sharon Farrelldirected by: Paul Bogart
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301986106
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6301986105
Label: MGM (Warner)
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Release Date: June 22, 1994
Running Time: 96 minutes
Sales Rank: 8289
Studio: MGM (Warner)
Theatrical Release Date: October 31, 1969
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Chandler and Garner
The third actor to play Raymond Chandler's world-weary private eye, Garner brings his laid back charm to this adaption of the novel "The Little Sister". Different from Bogie or Dick Powell -- as well as his successors, Elliot Gould (THE LONG GOODBYE), Robert Mitchum (FAREWELL MY LOVELY & THE BIG SLEEP) and Powers Boothe (the HBO series from the mid 1980's). Garner brings his own brand of toughness to the part. Best remembered for Bruce Lee's "flying" sequence. Top notch cast also includes ... Read More
Rating:  - 2.5, maybe...
Raymond Chandler's wisecracking, star-crossed private eye Philip Marlowe is transplanted into the swinging '60s where hopheads, strippers and psychiatrists join the usual compliment of thugs and goons that make his life miserable. James Garner gets a nice dry run for the "Rockford Files" TV show, while Rita Moreno bares all in her climactic stripping scene. Honestly, the script is not that great -- for the life of me I couldn't actually figure out who did what, or why... But it's still a fun film, ... Read More
Rating: - Garner as Private Eye as Tenatious as a Bobo Doll
Garner wins our sympathy as a battered P.I. who's client doesn't like him and neither do the thugs who cross his path. This movie will make you feel like laughing and crying at the some time. But you know that Marlowe is tough enough to come out on top at the end of the day. Sort of corny in a Seventies kind of way, Marlowe is definitely comforting mind candy so curl up with a bowl of popcorn and enjoy!
Rating:  - "Rockford Files"+ "Shaft" = "Marlowe" A terrible combonation
The title for this review says it all, it's exactly what "Marlowe" is. This is an atrocity.
Who could forget the performances that shaped Marlowe's film persona. Bogart, Mitchum, and even Powers Boothe. They knew how to do it. Garner on the other hand serves up a weak precursor to his "Rockford" role. As for the musical score and
overall tone of the film, it recalls movies like "Shaft" and too a lesser and unflattering extent "James Bond." (title sequence) More than anything else "Marlowe" ... Read More
Rating:  - play it again Marlowe
This is a very entertaining 60's detective romp. It isn't too dated for the most part. It is interesting to see a few of Rockford's traits in Marlowe, the Oreo cookies, the charm, and the slightly illegal activities.
He is attacked by Bruce Lee's character and finesses his way out.
He ends up further behind than he started like Rockford.
I enjoyed this movie and found it unpredictable, funny and a precursor to Rockford.
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