Jack,
Re your comment below:
> A PI novel about a tired old guy who can't
give
> it up -- especially since his wife is loaded
with
> dough. (Yeah and written by a tired old guy and
a
> guy who was a hot ticket at the time, and
still
> is.)
>
> The book was tired, the movie even more
tired,
> but don't you think Paul Newman could have done
a
> hell of a job as Marlowe the elder.
Actually, Marlowe wasn't all THAT old in POODLE SPRINGS.
IIRC, he was in his early 40s and Linda was in her
mid-30s.
The film (which I didn't think was half-bad, actually, and I
rather like Caan, though I do agree that Newman would've been
better) made Marlowe at least 15 years older than he was in
the book, and the Linda figure at least 10 years
younger.
JIM DOHERTY
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