Yep, 1978, shifting the scene to London:
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Editorial Reviews
From the Back Cover
Robert Mitchum is back as the legendary private investigator, Phillip Marlowe. This adaptation of Raymond Chandler's classic hard-boiled detective mystery features an all-star cast, including: Richard Boone, Joan Collins, Sir John Mills, James Stewart and Oliver Reed.
Marlowe is hired by a retired general (JAMES STEWART) to find out who has been blackmailing the old man's wild daughters (SARAH MILES and CANDY CLARK). At the same time he has to try to locate the missing husband of one of the daughters. Marlowe's search leads through a dangerous thicket of murder and suicide in the seedy criminal underworld straight to the headquarters of the notorious nightclub owner and gangland boss, Eddie Mars (OLIVER REED). Expert storyteller Raymond Chandler spins a masterful web of deceit, creating an intricate, spellbinding mystery full of bare-knuckle action and heart-pounding suspense.
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This is the second film of Mitchum as Marlowe (the first being "Farewell, My Lovely") and the man excelled in bringing to life the character created by Raymond Chandler. While his first film was placed in LA in the 1940s, this film is set in the swinging London of the 1970s. While it does follow the story-line of the novel, the setting is a distraction that might be too much for some viewers. For me, Marlowe belongs to and in the LA area. If you can accept an American, ex-vet working as a PI in London, this might work for you. --This text refers to the DVD edition
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Didn't Robert Mitchum make a remake of it also?
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Humphrey Bogart made a movie about this. It was called "The Big Sleep."
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