“It was one of those transient motels, something between a fleabag and...” – Philip Marlowe, Farewell, My Lovely ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from Farewell, My Lovely 1975

Philip Marlowe Robert Mitchum

[voiceover]

It was one of those transient motels, something between a fleabag and a dive.

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