The Long Goodbye the Movie, IV the Movie?

[rich]

and of course, the deal with Terry Lennox is very much different in
the movie and a much more dramatic ending. i was waiting for that cat
to show up in the book.  alas, no

rich

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Robin Landseadel
<robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:
> On Dec 10, 2009, at 1:47 PM, Michael Bailey wrote:
>
>> I recently watched The Long Goodbye again and it gets better each time.
>
> "Did you remember the brownie mix?"
>
> Remember as well that Sterling Hayden's portrayal of Roger Wade is the
> movie's center of gravity—in fact, the storylines involving Roger Wade are
> very dark passages in the novel as well. In the novel, Roger Wade is
> murdered, in the movie he commits suicide by walking into the sea—we watch
> him walking into the waves as Mrs. Wade and Marlowe converse in the living
> room, one of the most inspired shots in the movie.