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Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.
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Classical in form, grave, meticulous and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- rawmeticulous
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Humphrey BogartPhilip Marlowe
- Lauren BacallVivian Sternwood Rutledge
- John RidgelyEddie Mars
- Martha VickersCarmen Sternwood
- Louis Jean HeydtJoe Brody
- Charles WaldronGeneral Sternwood
- Regis ToomeyChief Inspector Bernie Ohls
- Sonia DarrinAgnes Lowzier (uncredited)
- Elisha Cook Jr.Harry Jones
- Bob SteeleLash Canino
Crew
- Howard HawksDirector
- William FaulknerScreenplay
- Leigh BrackettScreenplay
- Jules FurthmanScreenplay
- Raymond ChandlerNovel
- Sidney HickoxDirector of Photography
- Max SteinerOriginal Music Composer
- Christian NybyEditor
- Howard HawksProducer
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