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Climax! :: The Long Goodbye (01x01)

Episode Information

Title:

The Long Goodbye

Episode #:

01x01

Original Airdate:

Thursday October 07th, 1954

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Episode Crew
Director:	William H. Brown Jr.
Story:	Raymond Chandler (1)
Teleplay:	E. Jack Neuman

Episode Summary

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Private eye Phillip Marlowe decides to help out an old pal when the chum's wife is found brutally murdered. Then he finds himself accused of the murder.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Cesar Romero	played	Mendy Mendez	Recurring (first appearance)
•Teresa Wright	played	Eileen Wade	Recurring (first appearance)
•Tom Drake (1)	played	Terry Lennox	Recurring (first appearance)
•Tristram Coffin	played	Corpse	Recurring (first appearance)
•Dick Powell	played	Phillip Marlowe
•Horace McMahon	played	Detective Farmer

Episode Notes

The Long Goodbye was filmed again as a theatrical movie in 1971. It starred Elliott Gould as Marlowe and was directed by Robert Altman.

Dick Powell had previously played Phillip Marlowe in the 1940's films Murder, My Sweet and Farewell, My Lovely.

Episode Goofs

When this episode aired live, actor Tristram Coffin, playing a corpse, mistakenly thought the scene had ended and got up and walked away with the cameras still rolling.

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