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The Long Goodbye

Content Warnings

Overall Severity: 🟡 65/100
Total warning time: 5m 40s
Sex/Nudity: 🟡 40/100 (1m 20s)
  • 🟡 50/100 [00:45:30 - 00:46:00] Brief scene with topless women in a beach house.
  • 🟡 40/100 [01:15:20 - 01:16:10] Implied sexual activity with suggestive dialogue.
Drug Use: 🔴 70/100 (1m 30s)
  • 🔴 70/100 [00:30:15 - 00:31:00] Characters smoking marijuana.
  • 🔴 80/100 [01:20:45 - 01:21:30] Character snorting cocaine.
Violence: 🟡 60/100 (2m 40s)
  • 🟡 60/100 [00:55:10 - 00:56:20] A character is beaten up.
  • 🔴 80/100 [01:40:00 - 01:41:30] Shooting resulting in death.
Strong Language: 🟡 50/100 (10s)
  • 🟡 40/100 [00:20:05 - 00:20:10] Use of the word 'asshole'.
  • 🔴 70/100 [01:05:35 - 01:05:40] Use of the word 'fuck'.
The Long Goodbye

Details for The Long Goodbye (1973)

Year: 1973
Certificate: A
The Long Goodbye Runtime: 112 min
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
IMDB: 7.6
Meta Score: 87
Votes: 26337
Gross: 959,000
Director: Robert Altman
Cast Stars: Elliott Gould, Nina van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell

Overview of The Long Goodbye:

Private investigator Philip Marlowe helps a friend out of a jam, but in doing so gets implicated in his wife's murder.

Who directed the movie The Long Goodbye (1973)?

The Long Goodbye (1973) was directed by Robert Altman.

Who plays the lead character Philip Marlowe in The Long Goodbye?

Elliott Gould plays the lead character, private detective Philip Marlowe, in The Long Goodbye.

What is the basic plot of The Long Goodbye (1973)?

The Long Goodbye follows private detective Philip Marlowe as he investigates the disappearance of his friend Terry Lennox and gets entangled in a web of deceit involving a missing wife, a violent gangster, and a troubled writer.

Who are some of the other main actors in The Long Goodbye?

Besides Elliott Gould, the movie stars Nina van Pallandt as Eileen Wade, Sterling Hayden as Roger Wade, and Mark Rydell as Marty Augustine.

Is The Long Goodbye (1973) based on a novel?

Yes, The Long Goodbye is based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Raymond Chandler.