# The Long Goodbye (1973)

> A disheveled Los Angeles private eye follows a friend's suspicious death into a maze of mob money, addiction, and broken noir loyalties.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/1227

## Facts

- Runtime: 112 min
- Genres: Mystery, Drama, Crime
- Director: Robert Altman
- Cast: Elliott Gould, Nina van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell, Henry Gibson, David Arkin, Jim Bouton, Warren Berlinger
- TMDB rating: 7.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070334/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: sardonic, comic, melancholic, late night noir viewing, crime film marathon

## Synopsis

A private investigator navigates a web of deceit and danger in a city where nothing is as it seems.

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