This was Chandler’s second novel and was originally published in 1940. “He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food” The following review is offered for Bev’s Golden Age Vintage Mystery Challenge Tuesday’s Overlooked Film meme over at Todd Mason’s Sweet Freedom blog and Katie’s Book to Movie Challenge at Doing Dewey (for links, click here) Charlotte Rampling is the beautifully coiffed leading lady who is more than she seems, David Shire supplies the lustrous musical score while noir legend Jim Thompson and a young Sylvester Stallone provide acting cameos … Robert Mitchum pl ays Raymond Chandler’s immortal private eye Philip Marlowe in this beguiling valentine to the classic 1940s detective yarn.
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