

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
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.