Philip Marlowe

Noun

Meaning

tough cynical detective (one of the early detective heroes in American fiction) created by Raymond Chandler

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Marlowe

Examples

Heroes of these novels are typical private eyes very similar to Philip Marlowe. Source: Internet

"I love the hippyness – better still, the collision between hip and yup – all set against the noirish, Philip Marlowe memories of my moviegoing youth." Source: Internet

It first aired 17 June 1947 on NBC radio under the title The New Adventures of Philip Marlowe, and moved to CBS radio a few months later. Source: Internet

Raymond Chandler fans should be pleased with Osborne’s rendering of of Philip Marlowe. Source: Internet

Scholar Jamaluddin Bin Aziz has observed how "the shadow of Philip Marlowe lingers on" in such other "future noir" films as 12 Monkeys (1995), Dark City (1998) and Minority Report (2002). Source: Internet

What would Philip Marlowe have done? Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Philip II Philip II of Macedon Philip II of Spain Philip Michael Ondaatje Philip Milton Roth Philip of Valois