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"The Long Goodbye" is a 1954 American television play based on the novel of the same name by Raymond Chandler. It was the first episode of the anthology series Climax! and starred Dick Powell as Philip Marlowe. Powell had played the role previously in Murder, My Sweet.[1]
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| "The Long Goodbye" | |
|---|---|
| Climax! episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 1 |
| Directed by | William H. Brown |
| Teleplay by | E. Jack Neuman |
| Based on | The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler |
| Presented by | William Lundigan |
| Original air date | October 7, 1954 |
The episode was broadcast live. Although there was a rumor that actor Tristram Coffin, playing a corpse under a blanket, had got up and walked off the set in view of the live camera, he himself debunked this in an interview; while the blanket over his body was partially removed before he was out of frame, he did not walk off set in full view of the camera.[2]
- Dick Powell as Philip Marlowe
- Tom Drake as Terry Lennox
- Horace McMahon as Detective
- Cesar Romero as Mendy Mendez
- Teresa Wright as Eilene Wade
- Tris Coffin as dead body
The New York Times called it "fine entertainment... a piece that held suspense".[3]
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