Marlowe is the best private eye in the business. Just ask the people he does business with.
Mysterious Orfamay Quest hires Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother. Though the job seems simple enough, it leads Marlowe into the underbelly of the city, turning up leads who are murdered with ice picks, exotic dancers, blackmailed television stars, and self-preserving gangsters. Soon, Marlowe's life is on the line right along with his case.
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Classical in form, cool, unpretentious and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
- resolvedopen-ended
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Cast
- James GarnerPhilip Marlowe
- Gayle HunnicuttMavis Wald
- Carroll O'ConnorLt. Christy French
- Rita MorenoDolores Gonzáles
- Sharon FarrellOrfamay Quest
- William DanielsMr. Cromwell
- H.M. WynantSonny Steelgrave
- Jackie CooganGrant W. Hicks
- Christopher CaryChuck
- Bruce LeeWinslow Wong
Crew
- Paul BogartDirector
- Stirling SilliphantScreenplay
- Raymond ChandlerNovel
- William H. DanielsDirector of Photography
- Peter MatzOriginal Music Composer
- Gene RuggieroEditor
- Gabriel KatzkaProducer
- Sidney BeckermanProducer
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