Comments on: This first exchange sets the tone for the novel’s famously sparkling dialogue https://www.isegoria.net/2021/05/this-first-exchange-sets-the-tone-for-the-novels-famously-sparkling-dialogue/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Mon, 09 Nov 2026 14:48:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Faze https://www.isegoria.net/2021/05/this-first-exchange-sets-the-tone-for-the-novels-famously-sparkling-dialogue/comment-page-1/#comment-3376924 Faze Fri, 07 May 2021 23:06:56 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=47887#comment-3376924 Yeah, Mitchum was a good Marlowe (though it would have been better if he’d played the role when younger). Chandler’s creation is unquestionably heterosexual, which leaves Cary Grant out.

]]> By: Redan https://www.isegoria.net/2021/05/this-first-exchange-sets-the-tone-for-the-novels-famously-sparkling-dialogue/comment-page-1/#comment-3376905 Redan Fri, 07 May 2021 19:54:31 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=47887#comment-3376905 Mitchum did indeed work. In fact he was the only actor to play Marlowe more than once on the big screen, in Farewell, My Lovely (1975) and The Big Sleep (1978).

]]> By: Bob Sykes https://www.isegoria.net/2021/05/this-first-exchange-sets-the-tone-for-the-novels-famously-sparkling-dialogue/comment-page-1/#comment-3376857 Bob Sykes Fri, 07 May 2021 12:09:59 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=47887#comment-3376857 Cary Grant is not a candidate for Marlowe in my mind. Marlowe has to have a certain physicality. He’s a veteran and a ex-cop. Bogart is really a good choice overall. Robert Mitchum or Alan Ladd might have worked, too.

He’s also the model for Robert Parker’s Spenser, only more extreme. The TV series with Robert Urich as Spenser was ideally cast in every role.

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