The Long Goodbye (1973) Poster

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Sex & Nudity

  • One dog mounts another onscreen.
  • Brief mentions of affairs and male infidelity.
  • A man views a topless woman through binoculars.
  • The nudity is not sexualised other than a few brief scenes of gangsters one in particular who watches them through binoculars.
  • An autopsy photo is shown of a dead man. Full frontal nudity is seen briefly.
  • Marlowe's neighbors are an apartment of young women who are frequently partially nude in and outside of their apartment, showing breast nudity in an uninhibited fashion.

Violence & Gore

  • Several discussions about a murder and a suicide.
  • A woman has a large bruise on her face.
  • A man is punched in the stomach and falls down in pain.
  • One man slaps another in the face.
  • A few photos of a deceased man are briefly shown, but they are black and white and not very detailed.
  • A man is threatened to be cut with a knife.
  • A man is hit by a car and falls to the ground. He is taken to the hospital but is not seriously injured.
  • A man smashes a bottle across a woman's face, bloodying it. She screams in pain and there is quite a bit of blood. This happens very abruptly.
  • A man is shot suddenly. Minor blood spurts out and blood pools where he lands. Brief.

Profanity

  • 'B*tch' is said at least ten times, including paired with 'son of a'.
  • 'Sh*t' is said at least ten times, including paired with 'bull'.
  • 'H*ll' is said at least eight times.
  • 'Godd*mn' is said at least 15 times.
  • 'F*ck' is said 5 times, including paired with 'mother'.
  • '*ss' is said at least eight times, including paired with 'hole'.
  • 'Balls' is said several times as a curse.
  • 'B*stard' is said twice.
  • 'Fag' is said five times.
  • Several of 'Jesus Christ' and 'God'.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • The film opens on the main character lighting and smoking a cigarette after waking up.
  • The main character orders a drink at a bar.
  • The main character chain smokes.
  • A man is said to have a drinking problem.
  • Two men drinks few cups of liquor together.
  • Several people smoke and drink at a house party. Allusions to marijuana and marijuana brownies.
  • A man and woman drink wine at dinner.
  • A man offers a woman a cigarette, but she declines.
  • The main characters are angry and appear drunk.
  • The main character smokes a cigarette in every scene.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • One man forces several other men to remove their clothes as he undresses as well. A few of the men undress down to their underwear.
  • The violence and criminal activity throughout may be frightening for some viewers.
  • The main character is harassed by a criminal boss for a large portion of the film.
  • The drowning of a man in the ocean is somewhat intense.
  • The climax is violent and sudden.
  • Despite the above entires, most of the movie is shown on a satirical tone that makes it not as intense as it could have been.
  • A gangster is very menacing.

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