ACTING! The Best Film
Eyes
Great Performances
- Jack Nicholson as Jake Gittes in Chinatown, The
Two Jakes
- Dick Powell as Philip Marlowe in Murder, My Sweet
- Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon
- Paul Newman as Lew Archer in Harper, The Drowning
Pool
- Gene Hackman as Harry Moseby in Night Moves
- Art Carney as Ira Wells in The Late Show
- Bill Cosby and Robert Culp as Al Hickey and Frank Boggs
in Hickey and Boggs
- Armand Assante as Mike Hammer in I, The Jury
- Robert Mitchum as Philip Marlowe in Farewell, My
Lovely
- Elliott Gould as Philip Marlowe in The Long Goodbye
Whatever you thought of the films themselves, I thought these
guys were exceptional in the roles. Don't
be shy!
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