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Outside of "the Dancers," a club in Los Angeles, Philip Marlowe meets Terry Lennox, a drunk with scars on one side of his face. They forge an uneasy friendship over the next few months, having drinks, especially gimlets, together at bars.
Private investigator Philip Marlowe has developed a tenuous friendship with the alcoholic and terribly scarred Terry Lennox. When Terry’s millionaire wife turns up dead, Marlowe reluctantly helps Terry run away.
Sep 5, 2023 · The novel takes place around the death of one Terry Lennox, who has ostensibly killed his wife and left town to commit suicide.
Terry Lennox – He is the charming drunk whom Marlowe befriends in the restaurant parking lot. He is a war veteran who turns to alcohol to keep the war memories at bay. He...
All we know is that Marlowe does not believe the Terry Lennox he knew was capable of such a vicious crime. The brief friendship has struck a sympathetic chord in him. In the hard-boiled world, no detective would ever give voice to feelings like these, and Marlowe doesn't.
Like many returning veterans whose eyes have been opened, Terry Lennox turns to drink. Not that the war stripped away Terry’s natural charisma, as the PI driving the prime suspect in the murder of Terry’s wife to the airport so he can flee the country can tell you. Roger Wade
Feb 20, 2024 · Elliott Gould plays Philip Marlowe, a disillusioned detective who befriends a fugitive murderer, Terry Lennox, in Robert Altman's 1973 film. The film is a satire of Hollywood and a critique of American culture, with a shocking twist that divides fans of Raymond Chandler.
