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The Long Goodbye

AuthorRaymond Chandler

NarratorEd Bishop

Duration1h 29m

CategoriesAdult Fiction, Crime, Thriller and Mysteries, Plays and Dramatisations

PublisherBBC

VersionAbridged

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Ed Bishop stars as Philip Marlowe in a powerful and atmospheric full-cast dramatisation of Raymond Chandler's classic noir novel. The first time Marlowe sets eyes on Terry Lennox, he is lying drunk in the passenger seat of a Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith. The next time, he's on Skid Row. After they share a few Gimlets, Marlowe thinks he seems like a nice guy, but he's had a hard life - his white hair and scarred face testify to that. Or could it be marriage to Sylvia Lennox that has turned him prematurely grey? Although beautiful and rich, she plays the field in a big way...

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