The Long Goodbye
1973 · Movie · R · 112 min · ★ 7.4 · 90% critics
In 1970s Hollywood, a laid-back detective gets pulled into a friend’s legal nightmare after a driving favor lands him in police trouble. As he takes on new cases for uneasy clients, deception, intimidation, and corruption blur the lines between victim, suspect, and motive.
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Details
- Years
- 1973
- Release date
- 1973-03-08
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 90/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (768 votes)
- Budget
- $1,700,000
About
You’ll like The Long Goodbye if you enjoy stylish 1970s noir with clever banter and a simmering mystery, Not for you if you want a straightforward detective plot like The Big Sleep or Klute, or if you dislike slow, drifting storytelling.
Pros: great dialogue; strong noir vibe; memorable performance | Cons: mystery drags; ending divisive; plot feels unfocused
Themes
- infidelity
- suicide
- corruption
- police
- cat
- detective
- greed
- mission of murder
- penthouse apartment
- police operation
- usa–mexico border
- alcoholism
- +10 more
Cast & crew
Elliott Gould
as Philip Marlowe
Nina van Pallandt
as Eileen Wade
Sterling Hayden
as Roger Wade
Mark Rydell
as Marty Augustine
Henry Gibson
as Dr. Verringer
David Arkin
as Harry
Jim Bouton
as Terry Lennox
Warren Berlinger
as Morgan
- JB
Jo Ann Brody
as Jo Ann Eggenweiler
- SC
Stephen Coit
as Detective Farmer
Directed by Robert Altman