Philip Marlowe

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fictional character fictional detective hardboiled detective literary character

Philip Marlowe is a hardboiled, wisecracking private detective created by Raymond Chandler and featured in a series of classic American crime novels and film noir adaptations.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Philip Marlow 1
Philip Marlowe films 1
Raymond Chandler Philip Marlowe series 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
fictional detective ⓘ
hardboiled detective ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
adaptedIn comic books ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
radio drama ⓘ
television series ⓘ
appearsIn Farewell, My Lovely ⓘ
Playback ⓘ
Poodle Springs ⓘ
The Big Sleep ⓘ
The High Window ⓘ
The Lady in the Lake ⓘ
The Little Sister ⓘ
The Long Goodbye ⓘ
basedIn Los Angeles ⓘ
characteristic cynical ⓘ
moral integrity ⓘ
wisecracking ⓘ
world-weary ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Raymond Chandler ⓘ
culturalImpact archetype of the private eye in popular culture ⓘ
iconic figure of American noir ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Philip Marlowe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Raymond Chandler novels
firstAppearance The Big Sleep ⓘ
firstAppearanceDate 1939 ⓘ
genre crime fiction ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ
hardboiled fiction ⓘ
noir fiction ⓘ
hasEmployer self-employed ⓘ
influencedBy Dashiell Hammett characters ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
literaryMovement hardboiled school ⓘ
narrativePointOfView first-person narrator ⓘ
notablePortrayal Dick Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ
Elliott Gould ⓘ
Humphrey Bogart NERFINISHED ⓘ
James Garner ⓘ
Robert Mitchum NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWorkRelationship Philip Marlowe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Raymond Chandler Philip Marlowe series
occupation private detective ⓘ
typicalSetting Los Angeles in the 1930s ⓘ
Los Angeles in the 1940s ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Big Sleep → character → Philip Marlowe ⓘ
subject surface form: The Big Sleep (1946 film)
Philip Marlowe → fictionalUniverse → Philip Marlowe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Raymond Chandler novels
The Big Sleep → filmSeries → Philip Marlowe ⓘ
subject surface form: The Big Sleep (1946 film)
this entity surface form: Philip Marlowe films
Sam Spade → influenced → Philip Marlowe ⓘ
The Big Sleep → mainCharacter → Philip Marlowe ⓘ
subject surface form: The Big Sleep (1946 film)
The Singing Detective → mainCharacter → Philip Marlowe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philip Marlow
Sterling Hayden → notableWork → Philip Marlowe ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Long Goodbye (novel adaptation film role)
Philip Marlowe → notableWorkRelationship → Philip Marlowe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Raymond Chandler Philip Marlowe series
Humphrey Bogart → portrayedCharacter → Philip Marlowe ⓘ