Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled with seductress Helen Grayle and discovers a web of dark secrets that are better left hidden.
Cast
Robert Mitchum
Philip Marlowe
Charlotte Rampling
Mrs. Grayle
John Ireland
Nulty
Sylvia Miles
Mrs. Florian
Anthony Zerbe
Brunette
Harry Dean Stanton
Billy Rolfe
Jack O'Halloran
Moose Malloy
Joe Spinell
Nick
Sylvester Stallone
Jonnie
Kate Murtagh
Amthor
John O'Leary
Marriott
Walter McGinn
Tommy Ray
Burton Gilliam
Cowboy
Jim Thompson
Mr. Grayle
Jimmy Archer
Georgie
Ted Gehring
Roy
Logan Ramsey
Commissioner
Margie Hall
Woman
Jack Bernardi
Louis Levine
Bennett Ohta
Patron in Pool Hall
Jerry Fujikawa
Fence
Richard Kennedy
1st Detective
John O'Neil
2nd Detective
Mark Allen
3rd Detective
Andrew Harris
Mulatto Child
Napoleon Whiting
Hotel Clerk
John Eames
Butler
Cheryl Smith
Doris
Stu Gilliam
Man #1
Roosevelt Pratt
Man #2
Dino Washington
Bouncer
Harry Caesar
Bartender
Bill Gentry
Hood
Cory B. Shiozaki
Waiter
Noelle North
Girl
Wally K. Berns
Father
Lola Mason
Mother
Joan Shawlee
Woman in Ballroom
Eddra Gale
Singer
Karen Gaston
Prostitute
Jack Berle
Maitre D' (uncredited)
Elliott Carpenter
Ghetto Bar Piano Player (uncredited)
Dick Crockett
Hood (uncredited)
Olivia Enke
Prostitute (uncredited)
Raven Grey Eagle
Man (uncredited)
Lars Hensen
Party Guest (uncredited)
Kathryn Janssen
Party Guest (uncredited)
Michael Jeffers
Party Guest (uncredited)
Su Ling
Prostitute (uncredited)
Clark Ross
Ballroom Guest (uncredited)
George Simmons
Hood (uncredited)
Susan Stewart
Prostitute (uncredited)
Crew
Dick Richards
Director
David Zelag Goodman
Screenplay
Raymond Chandler
Novel
Walter Thompson
Editor
Joel Cox
Editor
John A. Alonzo
Director of Photography
Tim Zinnemann
First Assistant Director, Unit Production Manager
Henry J. Lange Jr.
Assistant Director
David Sosna
Assistant Director
Jerry Bick
Executive Producer
Elliott Kastner
Executive Producer
George Pappas
Producer
Jerry Bruckheimer
Producer
Dean Tavoularis
Production Design
Louis DiGiaimo
Casting
Sandy Berke Jordan
Wardrobe Master
G. Tony Scarano
Wardrobe Master
Silvio Scarano
Wardrobe Master
Judith A. Cory
Hairdresser
Frank Westmore
Makeup Artist
Don MacDougall
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Richard Portman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Tom Overton
Sound Mixer
Bill Phillips
Sound Effects
Dennis Jones
Boom Operator
Chuck Gaspar
Special Effects
David Shire
Original Music Composer
Robert Nelson
Set Decoration
Angelo P. Graham
Art Direction
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