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Marlow's hallucinations are not far from the Philip Marlowe in Murder, My Sweet, the 1944 film adaptation of Raymond Chandler's Farewell, My Lovely, which stars Dick Powell as Marlowe. Powell himself would later portray a "singing detective" on radio's Richard Diamond, Private Detective , serenading his girlfriend, Helen Asher ( Virginia Gregg ), at the end of each episode.
Oct 4, 2023 · Michael Gambon (shown with Alison Steadman) starred as pulp fiction writer Philip E Marlow in the groundbreaking 1986 series The Singing Detective (Credit: BBC)
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The Singing Detective: With Michael Gambon, Patrick Malahide, Joanne Whalley, David Ryall. Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.
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- 1986-11-16
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Philip E. Marlow 2 Episodes 1986. Patrick Malahide. Mark Binney/Mark Finney/Raymond 4 Episodes 1986. Janet Suzman. Nicola 3 Episodes 1986. Alison Steadman. Mrs. Marlow/Lili 2 Episodes 1986. Joanne ...
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Feb 24, 2012 · The Singing Detective is the story of a writer of pulp-fiction novels, ... as Philip Marlow — spelled almost the same as Raymond Chandler's fictional detective — Michael Gambon became a star.
Philip E. Marlow : There are songs to sing, there are feelings to feel, there are thoughts to think. That makes three things, and you can't do three things at the same time. The singing is easy, syrup in my mouth, and the thinking comes with the tune, so that leaves only the feelings. Am I right, or am I right?
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Dec 21, 1986 · The Singing Detective Episode 6 of 6 The young Philip Marlow returns to the country railway station following his mother's death in London.
