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* MaleGaze: The extended strip tease segment by Rita Moreno at the movie's climax. Half the audience paid extreme attention to this segment according to reviews.
* MsFanservice: Rita Moreno plays a burlesque dancer and friend to Mavis. She spends the final act performing a strip tease for the audience that ends in her topless [[spoiler: and murdered.]]
* MsFanservice: Rita Moreno plays a burlesque dancer and friend to Mavis. She spends the final act performing a strip tease for the audience that ends in her topless [[spoiler: and murdered.]]
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* DestroyTheEvidence: Marlowe does this twice. First, he tears up the blackmail photos of Mavis and Steelgrave, then burns them and the negatives in his office wastebasket. Then, later, he wipes Mavis' fingerprints off the gun, phone and bar glasses at Steelgrave's home, after Steelgrave's murder.
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* ThreatBackfire: Late in the movie, an angry Lt. French threatens to take away Marlowe's P.I. license. Marlowe is unfazed, as he knows French doesn't have the authority to do it, which makes French even angrier.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Dolores kills Steelgrave for leaving her and hooking up with Mavis. Then Dr. Lagardie kills Dolores for leaving him and hooking up with Steelgrave.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Late in the film, Lt. French has had enough of Marlowe's snarkiness and interference in a police investigation. He throws a punch at Marlowe, but hits his partner Sgt. Beifus by mistake. French is shaken and immediately apologizes for hitting him. Beifus replies, "Nobody hit me, Christy. Nobody I can remember."
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''Marlowe'' is a 1969 neo-[[FilmNoir noir]] mystery film directed by Paul Bogart. It is based on the Literature/PhilipMarlowe novel ''The Little Sister'' by Creator/RaymondChandler.
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''Marlowe'' is a 1969 neo-[[FilmNoir noir]] mystery film directed by Paul Bogart. It is based on the Literature/PhilipMarlowe novel ''The Little Sister'' ''Literature/TheLittleSister'' by Creator/RaymondChandler.
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* AttentiveShadeLowering: Marlowe drops his shades below his eyes in dry disbelief upon stepping out of his car and seeing the Infinite Pad.
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''Marlowe'' is a 1969 neo-{{noir}} mystery film directed by Paul Bogart. It is based on the Literature/PhilipMarlowe novel ''The Little Sister'' by Creator/RaymondChandler.
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''Marlowe'' is a 1969 neo-{{noir}} neo-[[FilmNoir noir]] mystery film directed by Paul Bogart. It is based on the Literature/PhilipMarlowe novel ''The Little Sister'' by Creator/RaymondChandler.
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* SplitScreenPhoneCall: A comic relief scene has Marlowe calling a pawnbroker on one phone when his girlfriend Julie calls him on another phone; the screen is split three ways as Marlowe tries to carry on two conversations at once.
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* SplitScreenPhoneCall: A comic relief scene has Marlowe calling a pawnbroker on one phone when his girlfriend Julie calls him on another phone; the screen is split three ways as Marlowe tries to carry on two conversations at once.once.
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''Marlowe'' is a 1969 film directed by Paul Bogart. It is based on the Literature/PhilipMarlowe novel ''The Little Sister'' by Creator/RaymondChandler.
Philip Marlowe (Creator/JamesGarner) is engaged by the exotically named Orfamay Quest (Sharon Farrell) to find her brother, Orrin, who has been missing for some time and whom Orfamay believes to be in trouble. Marlowe finds a hoodlum associate of Orrin's, Grant Hicks. Hicks is then murdered, and Marlowe, who finds him dead in a flophouse hotel, discovers photos of one Mavis Wald--a well-known television actress--in compromising positions with mob boss Sonny Steelgrave. With occasional assistance from Mavis's friend Dolores, a stripper (Creator/RitaMoreno), Marlowe sets out to find Orrin Quest's whereabouts and solve the murders.
Philip Marlowe (Creator/JamesGarner) is engaged by the exotically named Orfamay Quest (Sharon Farrell) to find her brother, Orrin, who has been missing for some time and whom Orfamay believes to be in trouble. Marlowe finds a hoodlum associate of Orrin's, Grant Hicks. Hicks is then murdered, and Marlowe, who finds him dead in a flophouse hotel, discovers photos of one Mavis Wald--a well-known television actress--in compromising positions with mob boss Sonny Steelgrave. With occasional assistance from Mavis's friend Dolores, a stripper (Creator/RitaMoreno), Marlowe sets out to find Orrin Quest's whereabouts and solve the murders.
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''Marlowe'' is a 1969 neo-{{noir}} mystery film directed by Paul Bogart. It is based on the Literature/PhilipMarlowe novel ''The Little Sister'' by Creator/RaymondChandler.
Philip Marlowe (Creator/JamesGarner) is engaged by the exotically named Orfamay Quest (Sharon Farrell) to find her brother, Orrin, who has been missing for some time and whomOrfamay she believes to be in trouble. Marlowe soon finds a hoodlum associate of Orrin's, Grant Hicks. Hicks (Creator/JackieCoogan). Hicks is then murdered, and Marlowe, who finds him dead in a flophouse hotel, discovers photos of one Mavis Wald--a Wald (Gayle Hunnicutt)--a well-known television actress--in compromising positions with mob boss Sonny Steelgrave. Steelgrave (H.M. Wynant). With occasional assistance from Mavis's friend Dolores, a stripper Dolores (Creator/RitaMoreno), a stripper, Marlowe sets out to find Orrin Quest's Orrin's whereabouts and solve the murders.
Philip Marlowe (Creator/JamesGarner) is engaged by the exotically named Orfamay Quest (Sharon Farrell) to find her brother, Orrin, who has been missing for some time and whom
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* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Steelgrave has Winslow Wong offer Marlowe $500 (which was a lot of money in the 1960s) to stop his investigation. He refuses and tells Wong to take the money back.
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* DeadlyDodging: Winslow Wong is defeated when he attempts a flying kick on Phillip Marlowe while they are a balcony. Marlowe dodges, causing Wong to fly off the roof to his death.
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* DeadlyDodging: Winslow Wong is defeated when he attempts a flying kick on Phillip Marlowe while they are a balcony. Marlowe dodges, causing Wong to fly off over the roof edge to his death.
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* DeadlyDodging: Winslow Wong is defeated when he attempts a flying kick on Phillip Marlowe while they are on the edge of a roof. Marlowe dodges, causing Wong to fly off the roof to his death.
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* DeadlyDodging: Winslow Wong is defeated when he attempts a flying kick on Phillip Marlowe while they are on the edge of a roof.balcony. Marlowe dodges, causing Wong to fly off the roof to his death.
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* IShallTauntYou: Marlowe goads Winslow Wong into attempting his fatal flying kick by insulting him over and over, ending with calling him gay.
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--> '''Marlowe: I like a man who uses good grammar. You impress me, Mr. Wong. ''Whom'' sent you?
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--> '''Marlowe: '''Marlowe''': I like a man who uses good grammar. You impress me, Mr. Wong. ''Whom'' sent you?
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* DeadlyDodging: Winslow Wong is defeated when he attempts a flying kick on Phillip Marlowe while they are on the edge of a roof. Marlowe dodges, causing Wong to fly off the roof to his death.
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--> '''Marlowe''': '''Marlowe: I like a man who uses good grammar. You impress me, Mr. Wong. ''Whom'' sent you?
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* DrivingADesk: When Marlowe is riding to and from the airport in Mr. Crowell's limo, and when he and Delores are riding to Steelgrave's house.
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* DrivingADesk: When Marlowe is riding to and from the airport in Mr. Crowell's limo, and when he and Delores are riding to Steelgrave's house.
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* DrivingADesk: When Marlowe is riding to and from the airport in Mr. Crowell's limo, and when he and Delores are riding to Steelgrave's house.
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Philip Marlowe (James Garner) is engaged by the exotically named Orfamay Quest (Sharon Farrell) to find her brother, Orrin, who has been missing for some time and whom Orfamay believes to be in trouble. Marlowe finds a hoodlum associate of Orrin's, Grant Hicks. Hicks is then murdered, and Marlowe, who finds him dead in a flophouse hotel, discovers photos of one Mavis Wald--a well-known television actress--in compromising positions with mob boss Sonny Steelgrave. With occasional assistance from Mavis's friend Dolores, a stripper (Creator/RitaMoreno), Marlowe sets out to find Orrin Quest's whereabouts and solve the murders.
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Philip Marlowe (James Garner) (Creator/JamesGarner) is engaged by the exotically named Orfamay Quest (Sharon Farrell) to find her brother, Orrin, who has been missing for some time and whom Orfamay believes to be in trouble. Marlowe finds a hoodlum associate of Orrin's, Grant Hicks. Hicks is then murdered, and Marlowe, who finds him dead in a flophouse hotel, discovers photos of one Mavis Wald--a well-known television actress--in compromising positions with mob boss Sonny Steelgrave. With occasional assistance from Mavis's friend Dolores, a stripper (Creator/RitaMoreno), Marlowe sets out to find Orrin Quest's whereabouts and solve the murders.
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Philip Marlowe (James Garner) is engaged by the exotically named Orfamay Quest (Sharon Farrell) to find her brother, Orrin, who has been missing for some time and whom Orfamay believes to be in trouble. Marlowe finds a hoodlum associate of Orrin's, Grant Hicks. Hicks is then murdered, and Marlowe, who finds him dead in a flophouse hotel, discovers photos of one Mavis Wald--a well-known television actress--in compromising positions with mob boss Sonny Steelgrave. With occasional assistance from Mavis's friend Dolores, a stripper (Rita Moreno), Marlowe sets out to find Orrin Quest's whereabouts and solve the murders.
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Philip Marlowe (James Garner) is engaged by the exotically named Orfamay Quest (Sharon Farrell) to find her brother, Orrin, who has been missing for some time and whom Orfamay believes to be in trouble. Marlowe finds a hoodlum associate of Orrin's, Grant Hicks. Hicks is then murdered, and Marlowe, who finds him dead in a flophouse hotel, discovers photos of one Mavis Wald--a well-known television actress--in compromising positions with mob boss Sonny Steelgrave. With occasional assistance from Mavis's friend Dolores, a stripper (Rita Moreno), (Creator/RitaMoreno), Marlowe sets out to find Orrin Quest's whereabouts and solve the murders.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Creator/BruceLee before he starts breaking stuff.]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Creator/BruceLee before he starts breaking stuff.]]
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* AlmostDeadGuy: Marlowe hears a gunshot in Lagardie's office, goes to investigate, and finds Orrin. Orrin has been shot, and he has just enough life left to stick his icepick in Marlowe's back before he falls over dead.
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* BikiniBar: Sort of. This film being produced right after UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode had been abandoned and Hollywood was getting more bold about nudity, Dolores the stripper gets down to pasties and a thong on stage.
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* FrameJob: Turns out that Dolores shot Steelgrave with Mavis's guns and then lured Mavis to the scene in order to implicate her as the murderer.
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* FrameJob: FrameUp: Turns out that Dolores shot Steelgrave with Mavis's guns and then lured Mavis to the scene in order to implicate her as the murderer.
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* SettingUpdate: Moves the story from the novel's 1949 to 1969, turning Mavis from a movie actress to a TV actress. Absolutely reeks of TheSixties, with hippies and people saying "You dig?" and the like.
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* {{Blackmail}}: Orrin took the pictures of Mavis and Steelgrave in order to blackmail his own sister.
* FrameJob: Turns out that Dolores shot Steelgrave with Mavis's guns and then lured Mavis to the scene in order to implicate her as the murderer.
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** It turns out that Dolores killed Steelgrave out of jealousy. Steelgrave, her former lover, dumped her for Mavis. Her jealousy of Mavis for hitting it big as an actress when Dolores is stuck as a stripper is another motivator.
** Then Dr. Lagardie, Dolores's husband, kills her out of jealousy.
* SexForServices: Orfamay, who comes across as an innocent Kansas girl, makes a surprising offer of sex to Marlowe when she can't come up with more than $50 to pay him. Later it turns out she's not nearly as innocent as she pretends.
** It turns out that Dolores killed Steelgrave out of jealousy. Steelgrave, her former lover, dumped her for Mavis. Her jealousy of Mavis for hitting it big as an actress when Dolores is stuck as a stripper is another motivator.
** Then Dr. Lagardie, Dolores's husband, kills her out of jealousy.
* SexForServices: Orfamay, who comes across as an innocent Kansas girl, makes a surprising offer of sex to Marlowe when she can't come up with more than $50 to pay him. Later it turns out she's not nearly as innocent as she pretends.
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* BadassInANiceSuit: The title character aside, there is Winslow Wong. When Marlowe refuses his Bribe, [[PersonOfMassDestruction Winslow tears apart his office with his bare hands.]]
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* BadassInANiceSuit: The title character aside, there is Winslow Wong. When Marlowe refuses his Bribe, [[PersonOfMassDestruction Winslow tears apart his office with his bare hands.]]]]
* BikiniBar: Sort of. This film being produced right after UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode had been abandoned and Hollywood was getting more bold about nudity, Dolores the stripper gets down to pasties and a thong on stage.
* DeadpanSnarker: Marlowe as always, like when he's mocking Wong's fastidious use of "whom."
--> '''Marlowe''': I like a man who uses good grammar. You impress me, Mr. Wong. ''Whom'' sent you?
* DisneyVillainDeath: Winslow Wong has Marlowe cornered on the edge of a balcony high up on a skyscraper, but after Marlowe dodges Wong's flying kick, Wong goes plunging to his death.
* ImpairmentShot: The screen goes all distorted after Marlowe is drugged by Dr. Lagardie.
* KnightInSourArmor: Marlowe as in the books. Despite his general world-weariness and sarcasm, he's honorable, like when he rejects Orfamay's offer of sex for payment or when he rejects the bribe money that Wong delivers from Steelgrave.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: It turns out that Dolores killed Steelgrave out of jealousy. Steelgrave, her former lover, dumped her for Mavis.
* ShoutOut: ''Film/GrandHotel'' is playing at the television studio when Marlowe goes to meet Mavis's agent.
* SlippingAMickey: Dr. Lagardie gives Marlowe a cigarette that is laced with something, knocking Marlowe out.
* SplitScreenPhoneCall: A comic relief scene has Marlowe calling a pawnbroker on one phone when his girlfriend Julie calls him on another phone; the screen is split three ways as Marlowe tries to carry on two conversations at once.
* BikiniBar: Sort of. This film being produced right after UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode had been abandoned and Hollywood was getting more bold about nudity, Dolores the stripper gets down to pasties and a thong on stage.
* DeadpanSnarker: Marlowe as always, like when he's mocking Wong's fastidious use of "whom."
--> '''Marlowe''': I like a man who uses good grammar. You impress me, Mr. Wong. ''Whom'' sent you?
* DisneyVillainDeath: Winslow Wong has Marlowe cornered on the edge of a balcony high up on a skyscraper, but after Marlowe dodges Wong's flying kick, Wong goes plunging to his death.
* ImpairmentShot: The screen goes all distorted after Marlowe is drugged by Dr. Lagardie.
* KnightInSourArmor: Marlowe as in the books. Despite his general world-weariness and sarcasm, he's honorable, like when he rejects Orfamay's offer of sex for payment or when he rejects the bribe money that Wong delivers from Steelgrave.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: It turns out that Dolores killed Steelgrave out of jealousy. Steelgrave, her former lover, dumped her for Mavis.
* ShoutOut: ''Film/GrandHotel'' is playing at the television studio when Marlowe goes to meet Mavis's agent.
* SlippingAMickey: Dr. Lagardie gives Marlowe a cigarette that is laced with something, knocking Marlowe out.
* SplitScreenPhoneCall: A comic relief scene has Marlowe calling a pawnbroker on one phone when his girlfriend Julie calls him on another phone; the screen is split three ways as Marlowe tries to carry on two conversations at once.
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''Marlowe'' is a 1969 film directed by Paul Bogart. It is based on the Literature/PhilipMarlowe novel ''The Little Sister'' by Creator/RaymondChandler.
Philip Marlowe (James Garner) is engaged by the exotically named Orfamay Quest (Sharon Farrell) to find her brother, Orrin, who has been missing for some time and whom Orfamay believes to be in trouble. Marlowe finds a hoodlum associate of Orrin's, Grant Hicks. Hicks is then murdered, and Marlowe, who finds him dead in a flophouse hotel, discovers photos of one Mavis Wald--a well-known television actress--in compromising positions with mob boss Sonny Steelgrave. With occasional assistance from Mavis's friend Dolores, a stripper (Rita Moreno), Marlowe sets out to find Orrin Quest's whereabouts and solve the murders.
Creator/BruceLee, in the first film of his too-short movie career, has two scenes as Winslow Wong, a badass martial artist (of course) sent by Steelgrave to intimidate Marlowe. Creator/WilliamDaniels appears as Mavis's agent.
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* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: Marlowe, at the scene of a murder, checks that a gun has been fired by putting the muzzle under his nose and smelling it. Yes, his finger isn't on the trigger, but he certainly should know better.
* BadassInANiceSuit: The title character aside, there is Winslow Wong. When Marlowe refuses his Bribe, [[PersonOfMassDestruction Winslow tears apart his office with his bare hands.]]
Philip Marlowe (James Garner) is engaged by the exotically named Orfamay Quest (Sharon Farrell) to find her brother, Orrin, who has been missing for some time and whom Orfamay believes to be in trouble. Marlowe finds a hoodlum associate of Orrin's, Grant Hicks. Hicks is then murdered, and Marlowe, who finds him dead in a flophouse hotel, discovers photos of one Mavis Wald--a well-known television actress--in compromising positions with mob boss Sonny Steelgrave. With occasional assistance from Mavis's friend Dolores, a stripper (Rita Moreno), Marlowe sets out to find Orrin Quest's whereabouts and solve the murders.
Creator/BruceLee, in the first film of his too-short movie career, has two scenes as Winslow Wong, a badass martial artist (of course) sent by Steelgrave to intimidate Marlowe. Creator/WilliamDaniels appears as Mavis's agent.
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* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: Marlowe, at the scene of a murder, checks that a gun has been fired by putting the muzzle under his nose and smelling it. Yes, his finger isn't on the trigger, but he certainly should know better.
* BadassInANiceSuit: The title character aside, there is Winslow Wong. When Marlowe refuses his Bribe, [[PersonOfMassDestruction Winslow tears apart his office with his bare hands.]]
