This, the second adaptation of Raymond Chandler's novel, is much closer to the source text than the original - Murder, My Sweet (1944), which tended to avoid some of the sleazier parts of the plot - but still concerns private eye Philip Marlowe's attempts to locate Velma, a former dancer at a seedy nightclub and the girlfriend of Moose Malloy, a petty criminal just out of prison. Marlowe finds that once he has taken the case, events conspire to put him in dangerous situations, and he is forced to follow a confusing trail of untruths and double-crosses before he is able to locate Velma.

Starring:

Andrew Harris, Anthony Zerbe, Bennett Ohta, Bill Gentry, Burton Gilliam, Charlotte Rampling, Cheryl Smith, Dino Washington, Eddra Gale, Harry Caesar, Harry Dean Stanton, Jack Bernardi, Jack O'Halloran, Jerry Fujikawa, Jim Thompson, Joan Shawlee, Joe Spinell, John Ireland, John O'Leary, Kate Murtagh, Logan Ramsey, Lola Mason, Mark Allen, Napoleon Whiting

Genre:

Thriller, Crime, Mystery