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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Music/FrankSinatra was originally considered to star. Soon after the success of this film, he made up for it by appearing as another private detective in the film duology of ''Film/TonyRome'' and ''Film/LadyInCement''.
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* FollowTheLeader: A crime, a mysterious conspiracy with a lot of Los Angeles lowlifes, a cynical detective, a complicated plot, a FilleFatale--this movie owes a large debt to ''Film/TheBigSleep''. Logical enough, since the character from the book was initially quite derivative of Creator/RaymondChandler's Literature/PhilipMarlowe character.
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* FollowTheLeader: A crime, crime involving a disapperance, a mysterious conspiracy with a lot of Los Angeles lowlifes, a cynical detective, a complicated plot, a FilleFatale--this movie owes a large debt to ''Film/TheBigSleep''. Logical enough, since the character from the book was initially quite derivative of Creator/RaymondChandler's Literature/PhilipMarlowe character.
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** For this film which bears an obvious debt to '40s FilmNoir in general and the film version of ''Film/TheBigSleep'' in particular, the producers got none other than Creator/LaurenBacall to play the part of Sampson's cynical wife.
** For the part of a former hot blonde sexpot actress who got fat, the producers hired Shelley Winters, a former hot blonde sexpot actress who got fat. (The difference of course being that Winters was still enjoying a thriving career.)
** For this film which bears an obvious debt to '40s FilmNoir in general and the film version of ''Film/TheBigSleep'' in particular, the producers got none other than Creator/LaurenBacall to play the part of Sampson's cynical wife.
** For the part of a former hot blonde sexpot actress who got fat, the producers hired Shelley Winters, a former hot blonde sexpot actress who got fat. (The difference of course being that Winters was still enjoying a thriving career.)
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** ForActorInspiredElement: In the title sequence, Harper dunks his head into a sinkful of ice cubes to rouse himself awake. Creator/PaulNewman reportedly followed this routine every morning in real life.
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** For the part oflaunched Creator/WilliamGoldman's career as a former hot blonde sexpot actress who got fat, the producers hired Shelley Winters, a former hot blonde sexpot actress who got fat. (The difference of course being that Winters was still enjoying a thriving career.)screenwriter.
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* PromotedFanboy: Creator/WilliamGoldman had long been an admirer of Ross [=MacDonald=], saying the ''Archer'' books "the finest series of detective novels ever written by an American" and that [=MacDonald=] was "one of the best American novelists now operating, and he keeps getting better."
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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: In Britain, the film was released under the novel's title, ''The Moving Target''.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Music/FrankSinatra was originally considered to star.
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* FollowTheLeader: A crime, a mysterious conspiracy with a lot of Los Angeles lowlifes, a cynical detective, a complicated plot, a FilleFatale--this movie owes a large debt to ''Film/TheBigSleep''. Logical enough, since the character from the book was initially quite derivative of Creator/RaymondChandler's Phillip Marlowe Literature/PhilipMarlowe character.
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* FollowTheLeader: A crime, a mysterious conspiracy with a lot of Los Angeles lowlifes, a cynical detective, a complicated plot, a FilleFatale--this movie owes a large debt to ''Film/TheBigSleep''. Logical enough, since the character from the book was initially quite derivative of Creator/RaymondChandler's Phillip Marlowe character.
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** For this film which bears an obvious debt to '40s FilmNoir in general and the film version of ''Film/TheBigSleep'' in particular, the producers got none other than Creator/LaurenBacall to play the part of Sampson's cynical wife.
** For the part of a former hot blonde sexpot actress who got fat, the producers hired Shelley Winters, a former hot blonde sexpot actress who got fat. (The difference of course being that Winters was still enjoying a thriving career.)
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** For this film which bears an obvious debt to '40s FilmNoir in general and the film version of ''Film/TheBigSleep'' in particular, the producers got none other than Creator/LaurenBacall to play the part of Sampson's cynical wife.
** For the part of a former hot blonde sexpot actress who got fat, the producers hired Shelley Winters, a former hot blonde sexpot actress who got fat. (The difference of course being that Winters was still enjoying a thriving career.)
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