Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a case of blackmail involving the two wild daughters of a rich general, a pornographer and a gangster.
Acting
Mitchum's exhausted charisma carries the whole soggy enterprise
Cinematography
London standing in for LA? Bizarre choice that almost works
Costume
That trench coat deserves its own billing
Director
Michael Winner
Robert Mitchum
Philip Marlowe
Sarah Miles
Charlotte Sternwood
Richard Boone
Lash Cansino
Candy Clark
Camilla Sternwood
Joan Collins
Agnes Lazelle
Edward Fox
Joe Brody
John Mills
Inspector Carson
James Stewart
General Sternwood
Oliver Reed
Eddie Mars
Harry Andrews
Norris
Colin Blakely
Harry Jones
Richard Todd
Commander Barker
Diana Quick
Mona Grant
James Donald
Inspector Gregory
John Justin
Arthur Geiger
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chandler's original novel is so convoluted that even the 1946 filmmakers couldn't follow the plot; Winner didn't bother fixing it.
This was Mitchum's second Marlowe after 1975's Farewell, My Lovely — Hollywood's failed attempt to make him the permanent Bogart replacement.
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