Elliott Gould (Busting) Gives One of His Best Performances As a Quirky, Mischievous Philip Marlowe in Robert Altman's (Thieves Like Us) Fascinating and Original Send-Up of Raymond Chandler's Classic Detective Story. Co-Starring Nina Van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell and Henry Gibson with a Screenplay Leigh Brackett (The Big Sleep), the Long Goodbye Is a Gloriously Inspired Tribute to Hollywood with An Ending That's As Controversial As Is It Provocative. Private Eye Philip Marlowe (Gould) Faces the Most Bizarre Case of His Life, When a Friend's Apparent Suicide Turns Into a Double Murder Involving a Sexy Blonde, a Disturbed Gangster and a Suitcase of Drug Money. But As Marlowe Stumbles Toward the Truth, He Soon Finds Himself Lost in a Maze of Sex and Deceit - Only to Discover That in L.A., If Love Is Dangerous, Friendship Is Murder.