After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.
Cast
Dick Powell
Philip Marlowe
Claire Trevor
Helen Grayle
Anne Shirley
Ann Grayle
Otto Kruger
Jules Amthor
Mike Mazurki
Joe "Moose" Malloy
Miles Mander
Leuwen Grayle
Douglas Walton
Lindsay Marriott
Donald Douglas
Police Lt. Randall
Ralf Harolde
Dr. Sonderborg
Esther Howard
Jesse Florian
Ernie Adams
Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)
Bernice Ahi
Dancer at the "Cocoanut Beach Club" (uncredited)
George Anderson
Detective (uncredited)
Edward Biby
Club Patron (uncredited)
Jack Carr
Dr. Sonderborg's Assistant (uncredited)
Tom Coleman
Police Clerk (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
Detective (uncredited)
Sam Finn
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Club Patron (uncredited)
Fred Graham
Man (uncredited)
Bill Hamilton
Man (uncredited)
Paul Hilton
Boy Getting Laundry (uncredited)
John Indrisano
Amthor's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Daun Kennedy
Girl in Bar (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
King Lockwood
Club Patron (uncredited)
Paul Phillips
Detective Nulty (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson
New Boss at "Florian's" (uncredited)
Shimen Ruskin
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Larry Wheat
Grayle's Butler (uncredited)
Crew
Edward Dmytryk
Director
John Paxton
Screenplay
Raymond Chandler
Novel
Joseph Noriega
Editor
Harry J. Wild
Director of Photography
William Dorfman
Assistant Director
Sid Rogell
Executive Producer
Adrian Scott
Producer
Landon Arnett
Assistant Camera
Edward Stevenson
Costume Designer
Mel Berns
Makeup Artist
James G. Stewart
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bailey Fesler
Sound Recordist
Vernon L. Walker
Special Effects
Roy Webb
Original Music Composer
C. Bakaleinikoff
Music Director
Michael Ohrenbach
Set Decoration
Darrell Silvera
Set Decoration
Fred Graham
Stunts
John Indrisano
Stunts
Carroll Clark
Art Direction
Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction
Jimmy Evans
Stand In
Hugh Lucky
Stand In
Les Raymaster
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Wanda Rickerts
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Leslie Saville
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Carol Sawyer
Stand In
Jordan Shelley
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Tim Wallace
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