Response
The film opened to mostly mixed to negative reviews - many felt that the film was inferior to the 1946 version, and wondered why the setting was inexplicably changed from Los Angeles, California to London, England. While some critics thought the film better captured the dark touches of Chandler's novel, they felt director Michael Winner didn't give the film the edge that Dick Richards had given Farewell, My Lovely three years prior.
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